Newlands Stadium
Overview
 
Newlands Stadium, currently referred to as DHL
DHL Express
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 Newlands for sponsorship reasons
, is located in Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...

, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

.

The stadium currently has a capacity of 51,900 people, but is not an all seater venue.

Various sports teams currently use the stadium as their home base, including:
  • Stormers
    Stormers
    The Stormers, for sponsorship reasons referred to as DHL Stormers, are a South African rugby union team based in Cape Town competing in the Super Rugby competition . Despite their lack of silverware over the years, their home stadium, Newlands, typically draws the highest average attendance figures...

     in Super Rugby
  • Western Province
    Western Province (rugby team)
    DHL Western Province is a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. The team has won the Currie Cup on 32 occasions and has the most supporters of any Currie Cup team...

     in the Currie Cup
    Currie Cup
    The Currie Cup tournament is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring , featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces...

     (rugby union
    Rugby union
    Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

    )


The city's 3 Premier Soccer League
Premier Soccer League
Premier Soccer League is the trading name of the National Soccer League of South Africa. The top league is the ABSA Premiership, sponsored by ABSA...

 clubs:
  • Ajax Cape Town
  • Santos
    Santos Football Club (South Africa)
    Santos Football Club or simply Santos, also known under their sponsored title as Engen Santos, is a professional South African football club based in Lansdowne, Cape Town that plays in the Premier Soccer League.-History:...

  • Vasco da Gama
    Vasco da Gama (South Africa)
    Vasco da Gama is a South African football club based in Parow, Cape Town that plays in the National First Division. Coming from the lower ranks, the club has its roots entrenched in the local Portuguese South African community. The club is named after Brazilian club CR Vasco da Gama.-History:Vasco...


also, occasionally host matches at the stadium.
The decision to buy the ground the stadium stands on was made by the Western Province Rugby and Football Union in 1888.
 
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