Lucknow to get international cricket stadium

Jun 30, 2012 - Amita Verma |

Age Correspondent

Lucknow

Lucknow will soon get an international cricket stadium and a world class cricket academy.
The housing department of the state will soon invite bids for selection of consultant for the two projects. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting chaired by infrastructure and industrial development commissioner (IIDC) Anil Kumar Gupta and senior officials of departments of housing, finance, sports and the Lucknow Development Authority among others.
“The selected consultant will be asked to prepare a financially attractive plan along with techno-economic report within a stipulated timeline to attract the best players in stadium construction. It is one of the dream projects of chief minister and the state government is committed to implement it through public private partnership on a priority basis,” Mr Gupta later said.
The chief minister, he said, was keen to bring Uttar Pradesh on the international cricketing map by promoting the sports culture and providing world class sports facilities.
In the first phase, the proposed international cricket stadium and cricket academy will be constructed over an area of about 50 acres. The estimated project cost is around `300 crore, while the proposed stadium will have a seating capacity of around 50,000.
In the second phase, it is proposed to develop additional sports infrastructure for indoor games, aquatics, hockey, football, and track and field disciplines. The IIDC further said that the selected consultant will be required to prepare and develop appropriate and workable model and phasing of various provisions for development of international cricket stadium and cricket academy in Lucknow on PPP mode. The consultant shall also lead the government in the selection of most preferred developer for execution of the project including bid process management.
The state government, it may be recalled, has already agreed in principle to upgrade facilities at the Green Park stadium that has lost its sheen due to neglect and government apathy.

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