- Cape Town City FC boss John Comitis revealed that he still hopes to build a stadium for his club on the Hartleyvale grounds.
- Cape Town City FC and Western Province Rugby Union are on the brink of agreeing a deal to share Cape Town Stadium.
- Comitis also says that Hartleyvale could always be turned into a world-class training facility if they continue to use Cape Town Stadium.
Cape Town City FC owner John Comitis reiterated that he still harbours dreams of his club having their own stadium despite "encouraging" negotiations with the City of Cape Town and Western Province Rugby Union to share Cape Town Stadium.
Western Province and the Stormers switched from playing their home matches at Newlands Stadium to Cape Town Stadium after brokering a deal with the City of Cape Town last year.
That announcement brought a cloud of confusion as to where the Citizens will play their Premier Soccer League matches, despite having plans of building their own stadium on the grounds of Hartleyvale Stadium.
Speaking to the media this week, Comitis said the Western Province stadium move made him "angry", as the process of approving plans for building their stadium was stagnant.
"I think I was angry because we were left nowhere. We weren't getting any traction at the (Cape Town) stadium, and we weren't getting any traction with our development at Hartleyvale. I think that it is still in our equation to have our own stadium and really to put football on the map as something different that's never been done before in this country," said Comitis.
"It takes time to build a stadium; it will take two years to build it, probably another year or so to get the rights that we may need to commercialising that stadium. So, we're in for a three or four-year period before we really see that coming into fruition.
"We need a home in the meantime, and who knows what can happen at Cape Town Stadium.
"If things turn out to be magnificent and we start getting 10, 000 people at our games, the hospitality is working, the suites are opening, there's no reason for us to not review our position and change Hartleyvale into a kick-ass training facility for our first team.
Comitis added: "Ultimately, who wouldn't want to play in a world-class stadium like that (Cape Town Stadium), but it's got to make sense, and it's got to work for the fans.
"That is what we really want, the comfort for the fans; we want them to feel a sense of 'this is our home', and we'll see how it goes. We're very open-minded, but we're encouraged by the attitude that we've been approached by recently."