Much-needed: PCB to initiate work on cricket stadium
The official said the environmental impact assessment of the project and other legal requirements have been completed.
ISLAMABAD:
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will soon start work on a planned cricket stadium near Pakistan Monument at Shakarparian, a board official said on Monday.
He said the stadium will be ready for domestic cricket in six months, adding it is too early to tell when the project will be completed.
The official said the environmental impact assessment of the project and other legal requirements have been completed.
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) had allotted 40 acres to PCB near Shakarparian on a 33-year lease for a cricket stadium in 2008. As per the agreement, PCB was to bear the total cost of the project while 25 per cent of the sale proceeds of tickets for matches were to be given to CDA.
The stadium was planned to accommodate 50,000 spectators.
The project was to be completed in five years
but the PCB could not execute it within the timeframe which led to the plot’s cancellation.
The idea to build an international cricket stadium in Islamabad came up in 1990 and 11.5 acres was leased to the PCB which was increased to 30 acres in 1992 but the authorities failed to materialise the plan.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 8th, 2014.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will soon start work on a planned cricket stadium near Pakistan Monument at Shakarparian, a board official said on Monday.
He said the stadium will be ready for domestic cricket in six months, adding it is too early to tell when the project will be completed.
The official said the environmental impact assessment of the project and other legal requirements have been completed.
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) had allotted 40 acres to PCB near Shakarparian on a 33-year lease for a cricket stadium in 2008. As per the agreement, PCB was to bear the total cost of the project while 25 per cent of the sale proceeds of tickets for matches were to be given to CDA.
The stadium was planned to accommodate 50,000 spectators.
The project was to be completed in five years
but the PCB could not execute it within the timeframe which led to the plot’s cancellation.
The idea to build an international cricket stadium in Islamabad came up in 1990 and 11.5 acres was leased to the PCB which was increased to 30 acres in 1992 but the authorities failed to materialise the plan.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 8th, 2014.