Newlands Stadium

DHL Newlands
Newlands Stadium
Full name	Newlands Stadium
Location	Cape Town, South Africa
Coordinates	33°58′14″S 18°28′6″E / 33.97056°S 18.46833°E
Owner	Investec
Capacity	51,900
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	1888
Renovated	1919
Closed	2020
Tenants
	Western Province (1888–2021) ; Stormers (1996–2021)
Website
	wprugby.co.za

The Newlands Stadium, referred to as DHL Newlands for sponsorship reasons,^[1] is located in Cape Town, South Africa. The stadium has a capacity of 51,900 people, but is not an all-seater venue.^[2]

Various sports teams use the stadium as their home base, including:

Stormers in Super Rugby
Western Province in the Currie Cup

Tenants Stormers finished in first place in the 2012 Super Rugby season for the first time in their history. Western Province also use the venue for home games. The city's soccer clubs Ajax Cape Town, Santos and the dissolved club Vasco da Gama have in the past occasionally hosted matches at the Newlands Stadium.

^ "Province land sponsorship windfall". Times Live. 20 November 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
^ "Newlands ticket rush expected". News24. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2010.

[1] "Province land sponsorship windfall". Times Live. 20 November 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2011.

[2] "Newlands ticket rush expected". News24. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2010.

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