“One Guyana” sport facility concept unveiled at Building Expo

Prime Minister, Brigadier (Retired) Mark Phillips and Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal were among the first to witness a new sport complex concept at the International Building Expo over the weekend.

The “One Guyana” sport facility is one that is being hailed as revolutionary for Guyana’s sport climate, with the ability to transform access to proper facilities for a number of sports in Guyana.
Conceptualised by AJM Enterprise, the complex would be home to nine sport disciplines.
Architect attached to AJM Enterprise, Sunny Kissoon, outlined the particulars of the concept.
“It’s a concept by AJM, where we are trying to elevate the level of horse racing in Guyana and we are also incorporating other sports. We designed a concept that can hold 20,000 people in the stadium and we are also incorporating indoor and outdoor sport facilities,” he related to Guyana Times Sport.

AJM, which has a particular focus on the sport of horse racing and is gearing up for the hosting of the Guyana Cup 2022, also sees the facility as an avenue for expanding Guyana’s horse racing competition.
Kissoon explained, “Of course, because when you look at it, for the horse racing track, it would be for international competitors also. We’re now looking at the laws, to get to bring in people and their horses and people must be able to take out back their horses, which is not currently permitted in Guyana.

“So, that would also encourage the overseas people to come here in Guyana and compete at the horseracing track,” he added.
Not just for enjoyment – AJM also has high hopes for the environs of the “One Guyana” facility. Kissoon mentioned that following the completion of the sporting complex, there were additional plans to construct a housing scheme and a hotel, in order to lend to Guyana’s sport tourism product.
Indoor facilities at the “One Guyana” complex will contain a gymnasium, pool hall, swimming and table tennis facilities, while the outdoor facilities will cater to cricket, football, go karting, lawn tennis and horse racing.
Another representative of AJM, Totaram Sooknanan detailed other hopes for the facility.
Sooknanan shared, “The One Guyana concept, what we’re also trying to achieve is to have young people more involved in sporting activities.”
This is in hopes of turning youths away from drugs and alcohol consumption and involvement in crime.
Sooknanan explained, “With this sporting facility we can keep them engaged and interactive, so that we take them away from those activities and have them more involved in something they can have a future with.”
The facility will spread across approximately 300 acres of land.