Newlands Stadium
Newlands Stadium is a stadium in City of Cape Town, South Africa that opened in 1888. Its recorded capacity is 51,900.
Key facts
Newlands Stadium is a stadium in City of Cape Town, South Africa that opened in 1888. Its recorded capacity is 51,900. It is owned by Investec and Western Province. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Western Province, Stormers, Western Province, Stormers, 1995 Rugby World Cup.
- Location
- City of Cape Town, South Africa
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 51,900
- Opened
- 1888
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Investec, Western Province
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Hybrid grass, Natural grass
Newlands Stadium is at latitude -33.970298, longitude 18.468448, in City of Cape Town, South Africa. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | -33.970298 |
| Longitude | 18.468448 |
| City | City of Cape Town |
| Region | City of Cape Town |
| Country | South Africa |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Hybrid grass | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Western Province | 1888 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Investec | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Province | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Stormers | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Western Province | Not mapped | 1888 to present | Current | Source |
| Stormers | Not mapped | 1888 to present | Current | Source |
| 1995 Rugby World Cup | Not mapped | 1888 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
11 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 2428 | 2026-10 |
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 2427 | 2026-10 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372220119 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Newlands_Stadium | Newlands Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22484 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22483 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22482 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15774 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15773 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15772 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15771 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: