This is the important bit. The rugby culture is not just about showing up and watching the team then filtering away. I grew up in Natal and Kings Park has the best pre and post game atmosphere of any ground I've been to, but I haven't been to Newlands. Kings Park (now called what, ABSA Stadium?) has two first division rugby clubs based on the fields surrounding the stadium. That means including the official training fields, there are the Collegians and Rovers rugby and hockey fields too. That's a lot of grass to park and party on, with bands, braais (bbqs) and music everywhere. A good experience for anyone who can get to SA and loves rugby imo, make sure to stick around for a while afterwards, also some pubs inside the stadium.
If Newlands is at all similar then I can fully understand their reluctance not to move to the new stadium. Rugby is a family loved game, parents and kids and aunts and uncles all drive down and make a day of it. It's incomprehensible to move to a stadium that won't be accessible for families, and gives up all the traditional atmosphere. What business would make such a change and risk killing off their majority fan base?
