Development in local sports: Linden to get FIFA-and-ICC-standard venues

– Vice President Jagdeo

The mining town of Linden will be experiencing unprecedented transformation to accommodate international sports in the coming years.
At a press conference on Thursday, Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo confirmed that two grounds in Linden will be upgraded to FIFA and ICC standards for football and cricket respectively. Already, construction works are ongoing to upgrade the facility at Mackenzie, and the Vice-President confirmed that the facility, when refitted to ICC standard, would remain a multipurpose facility. He said upgrades at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground would make it comparable with the Stadium at Providence, East Bank Demerara, for cricket to be played at ICC standard.
“Linden will have both a FIFA- and ICC-standard ground, to play both cricket and football. For the first time, we are developing three grounds in the town of Linden that will allow us to play international cricket and football,” Jagdeo said.
Currently, there is only one synthetic track in Guyana, located at Leonora, West Coast Demerara; and there is the National Stadium at Providence. Government has recently launched construction of a 10,000-seat stadium and multipurpose building at Palmyra in Region Six.
In the years to come, Guyana will be the hub for hosting sporting events in the Caribbean, as the Government of Guyana continues to build significant facilities.