Where will the World Cup fan parks be in Cape Town? Details of the Cape Town FIFA Fan Fest

The official Cape Town FIFA Fan Fest™ will be located at the Grand Parade in Cape Town. The concept of the FIFA Fan Fest™ was highly successful during the previous World Cup, which was held in Germany in 2006. It’s a place where residents and visitors have the opportunity to gather and watch all World Cup matches on large screens.

Aerial view of Cape Town Stadium and surrounds. Photo courtesy of Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town.

The FIFA Fan Fest™ at the Grand Parade will be open daily from 11h00 until 23h00 and access will be free. Extensive work on the Grand Parade has been done to make it ready to be equipped with the state-of-the-art audio and visual systems, which are required of FIFA Fan Fest™ locations. The historic Grand Parade is flanked by South Africa’s oldest building, the Castle of Good Hope, as well as Cape Town’s City Hall and the recently upgraded Cape Town Railway Station.

The fan park will accommodate 25,000 fans daily and the best of local entertainment will be at the venue to entertain the fans. A 2km fan walk will link the Grand Parade to the new Cape Town Stadium in Green Point. Parking areas will be available with a pick-up and drop-off bus service.

Here are some more details on Cape Town’s FIFA Fan Fest™:

• The area will take up 25,413 sqm.
• All 64 matches will be shown on a massive 74 sqm screen.
• Entertainment will include laser light displays, as well as performances by Freshly Ground, Goldfish, Danny K, The Rudimentals, Jimmy Dludlu, the Gugulethu Tenors, to name but a few.
• Food on offer will include traditional Cape Town dishes such as Malay chicken curry, lamb neck potjie, boerewors rolls and fish gourjons, as well as other favourites like prego rolls, pizza, hot dogs, hamburgers and steaming hot soup.
• Wine and beer will be on sale to visitors over the age of 18.
• To enter the Fan Fest™, you’ll need to pass through security check points in Darling Street and at the corner of Buitenkant and Longmarket Streets. Kids under 14 will have to be accompanied by an adult.
• Food, alcohol, weapons or drugs being brought into the Fan Fest™ will be confiscated.
• The official website is http://www.capetownfifafanfest.com.

Other Public Viewing Areas (PVA’s) will be located at the following venues:

• Bellville Velodrome, Carl Cronje Drive, Bellville
• Swartklip Sports Complex, Cnr. Tafelberg & Spine Roads, Swartklip, Mitchells Plain
• Oliver Tambo Community Hall, Landsdowne Road, Khayelitsha
• Vygieskraal Stadium, Johnston Road, Athlone

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