The Arun Jaitley Stadium shall be present process a serious renovation, price Rs 20 to 25 crore, for the 5 matches it hosts through the ODI World Cup in October-November.
The venue, which hosted the second Check between India and Australia earlier this 12 months, had copped criticism for not guaranteeing fundamental hygiene within the stadium premises, particularly within the washrooms.
In April, it was revealed that Delhi was among the many 5 venues within the nation that wanted a serious revamp, following a Hole evaluation from the Indian cricket board (BCCI). A niche evaluation outlines the prevailing gaps between the present and supreme future state of an organisation.
The others had been Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Mohali, which doesn’t characteristic among the many 10 World Cup venues chosen on Tuesday.
The sport’s recognition in India has skyrocketed prior to now 10 years with the BCCI making billions from broadcast rights. Nonetheless, the followers are sometimes uncared for with most stadiums in India missing fundamental services.
Rajan Manchanda, joint secretary at Delhi and District Cricket Affiliation, mentioned their focus can be on making the fan expertise nice through the World Cup.
“We thank the BCCI for awarding us 5 video games. We have to enhance the stadium infrastructure to make it a nice expertise for the followers and shall be focussed on that forward of the mega occasion.
“We now have deliberate a considerable improve within the services which is able to embrace altering of spectator seats, renovated washrooms, paint work and alter in our ticketing software program,” Manchanda informed PTI.
The Arun Jaitley Stadium has a seating capability of round 35,000 and Manchanda knowledgeable that DDCA will substitute round 10,000 seats in addition to altering the 15-year-old turnstiles to enter the venue.
“We have to present clear washrooms and hygienic meals and water at an affordable worth to our followers. The energy of the housekeeping workers can even be elevated. We plan to finish all of the work by September 15,” added Manchanda.
He additionally knowledgeable that the groups from BCCI and Worldwide Cricket Council will conduct a recce of the venue, which can even embrace the pitch and outfield, in third week of July.
Although the climate shouldn’t be harsh in October-November, the followers should sit within the solar as a serious design flaw doesn’t enable DDCA to cowl the open stands with a roof.
For the venue to have a roof, the prevailing construction should be razed down and constructed from scratch.
Delhi will host its opening sport involving South Africa and a Qualifier on October 7. It’ll hosts its greatest sport on October 11 when India tackle Afghanistan. Afghanistan can even face the mighty England right here on October 14.
The opposite two league video games shall be held on October 25 and November 6.