International courier, package delivery and express mail service, DHL Express, has announced its multi-year naming rights partnership with Cape Town Stadium, which will now be known as DHL Stadium.

The newly refurbished 62 000-capacity stadium is also the new home of the DHL Stormers and DHL Western Province Rugby, who moved there earlier this year.

“When the City built such a world-class stadium as a host of the 2010 Soccer World Cup, we needed to make it happen for the economic opportunities and nation-building prestige that it would bring. However, we knew that after the event, we’d have to make it a financially sustainable landmark,” says the City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee Member for Finance, Ian Neilson.

“Importantly, this stadium remains an inclusive, multi-purpose sporting and events facility.”