Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
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Sir Vivian Richards Stadium is a multi-use, world class ultra-modern stadium in North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda. It was built for use in the 2007 Cricket World Cup where it will host Super 8(eight) matches. It holds 10,000 people normally, but temporary seating will double its capacity for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007. Its construction was being financed by India.
The stadium is strategically built on a site approximately half-way between the capital St. John's and the country's international airport (VC Bird International Airport). It is about a 10-20 minutes drive from the capital city depending on traffic. The venue cost an estimated US$60 million to build of which majority of the funds comes from the Indian Government grant.
The stadium constitutes two main stands, the North stand and the South stand as well as other minor stands which may be permanent or temporary. Other facilities include a practice pitch for the various cricket teams, a new beach(possibly a combination of unexploited coastal sand cove supported by artificial work) dubbed 'Beach 366'(the island has a total of 365 natural beaches some of which were damaged during several passages of severe hurricanes in 1995, 1998 and 2000), training infrastructure and a media centre. Also, the Sir Viv Richards stadium is one of the few state-of-the art versions that encompass underground passage ways for the cricket teams to move about.
| Venues of the 2007 Cricket World Cup West Indies |
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| Warner Park (St. Kitts and Nevis) • Queen's Park Oval (Port of Spain) • Beausejour Stadium (Saint Lucia) • Sabina Park (Kingston) • Sir Vivian Richards Stadium (Antigua and Barbuda) • Providence Stadium (Guyana) • Kensington Oval (Bridgetown) |
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