The International Cricket Council on January 5 unveiled the schedule of the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2024, where India will play arch-rivals Pakistan on June 9.
According to the details, both the teams will face each other at the new Nassau County International Stadium in Long Island, New York, where a temporary stadium with 34,000 seats will be built.
However, American cricket journalist Peter Della Penna claimed that construction work has not yet started on the Nassau County International Stadium. According to the video, the current condition of the pitch is nowhere near international standards.
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Although crictracker The report claims that ground will be broken in February and rebuilt to prepare for the epic clash.
Penna took to Twitter and shared a video and some photos of the stadium. He wrote, “Under construction? They haven’t made any progress yet, and won’t do so until February. “This is what the Nassau County, NY cricket stadium venue for the 2024 T20 World Cup currently looks like.”
According to a report by WABC-TV, quoted by Times Now, Nassau County won the bid to build a cricket venue in Eisenhower Park, as New York City’s original plan to build a 34,000-seat stadium in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx was put on hold. With the stadium approved in October, there has been no update on the issue.
Ever since the Nassau County venue has been chosen to host the T20 World Cup 2024, New York Mayor Eric Adams has been facing some opposition.
Statement from Nassau Country:
Meanwhile, Nassau Country had issued a release assuring the people that the proposed temporary cricket stadium for the 2024 T20 Cricket World Cup will not have any adverse environmental impact.
It said the ICC has acquired the use and occupancy of approximately 40 acres of Eisenhower Park owned by Nassau County and approximately seven acres of the 127-acre site from Nassau County to host the 2024 Twenty20 (T20) Cricket World Cup matches. Permit has been sought. Acre Cantiag Park.’
The County assured the public that approval of the proposed action would facilitate the construction of a temporary cricket venue, which would include a temporary stadium with a capacity of approximately 34,000 seats. It will be used to host five matches between June 4, 2024, and June 12, 2024, and will include a ‘fan zone’, food and beverage space, operations facilities, a security complex and a warm-up for World Cup players. The field will be included. Within a safe area.
Nassau County said, “The temporary stadium will be constructed with modular steel and aluminum technology. Other features of the venue will include marquee tents and modular structures. The project is located in East Meadow, New York.”
ICC Schedule:
As per the ICC schedule, the T20 World Cup 2024 will be co-hosted by the United States and West Indies from June 1 to 29. A total of three venues in the United States and six in the Caribbean will be used for the tournament.
In addition, 41 matches will be played across six different islands in the Caribbean, including the semi-finals in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana and the title decider in Barbados on June 29, the ICC said in a press release.
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Published: 06 January 2024, 03:48 PM IST
