Last Monday, the CT stadium was put to the test as over 50 000 people took part in a Global Day of Prayer. Lesson one: don’t park your car near the stadium during a big event - drivers took hours afterwards to clear the area. Lesson two: take the shuttle from town. Even better, try out the Fan Walk. It’s not yet complete, but will ultimately provide the best way of accessing the stadium and getting out again afterwards. During the 2010 Football World Cup, it will be managed by the Cape Town Partnership on behalf of the City of Cape Town. For more information how the Fan Walk and other aspects of the World Cup are going to work, click here.
Bruce Sutherland of the City of Cape Town took this picture which shows clearly how people used the Fan Walk to access the Stadium for the Global Day of Prayer meeting. The structure in the foreground is the new Integrated Rapid Transit Station, which will open at the end of April
Picture: Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town
People walking back to the CT Station after the event. In this case, they are using Riebeeck St. During the 2010 Football World Cup, spectators utilising the Fan Walk will go right through St Andrew's Park and cross Buitengracht using the pedestrian bridge under construction in the bottom right of the picture, before proceeding down Waterkant St to the station. Picture: Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town
Fan Walk route and other match day pedestrian routes:
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