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Mar 03, 2009 Sports
By Sean Devers
The refreshing improvement shown by the West Indies team in the Digicel home series against England has influenced the rapid sale of tickets for the first two One-Day Internationals (ODIs) of the series fixed for Guyana on March 20 & 22.
According to the Ticketing Centre at the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) tickets for the two matches have been going like hot cakes since sales commenced on January 22 and already all tickets for the South/West (Green) stand and the Grass Mound have been sold out for the second ODI.
“We have had long lines and tickets are going very quickly, especially for the second match on the Sunday and we expect the entire match to be sold out by this week,” a ticketing agent informed yesterday afternoon.
Tickets for the South/West Stand and Grass Mound for the first ODI on Friday March 20 is almost finished while not many tickets remain for the North/ West (Red) and the South/East (Orange) stands for both matches.
Yesterday many disappointed fans, who turned up at the GCB office on Regent Street to purchase tickets, were seeking tickets for the Grass Mound for the second ODI but their were finished. Some were even willing to pay a higher price than the G$1,500 which the Grass Mound tickets are being sold for.
Because of the increased activity in ticket sales, the ticketing office will now be opened on Saturday and Sunday from 09:00hrs to 14:00hrs in addition to during the week from 09:00hrs to 16:00hrs.
The GCB is advising that the re-sale of tickets by ‘punters’ at Providence on match-days is illegal and expects a massive support for the West Indies team among the 15,000 capacity crowd.
“We have sold a few tickets on-line to people outside of Guyana but a large majority of the tickets have been bought by people living here and unlike Antigua and Barbados, West Indian fans should by far outnumber the English supporters for the two games in Guyana,” a GCB official informed.
A GCB official informed that while all the details have not yet been finalized, the WICB has negotiated with the ICC, who now seems to understand the West Indian culture and have relaxed most of the stringent regulations that were in place for the last World Cup in the West Indies.
It is understood that fans could now attend the matches with their food baskets, horns and flags although no glass baskets will be allowed into the ground. Food and drinks bars will be stationed inside the stadium and patrons will not be allowed to leave the venue and return without a ticket once they enter for the first time since no exit passes will be issued.
A Sound system will be positioned on the Grass Mound while Tassa drummers will also provide additional musical entertainment at the Stadium during the two ODIs.
Meanwhile, Stadium Manager Anthony Xavier had promised that an intensive clean-up drive would be carried out at the car park next to the stadium to prevent a recurrence of what happened during the International Football match between Guyana and Suriname when the area became very soggy and no lane or entrance and exit markings were in place.
It is understood that work on that area will commence next week while the car park inside the stadium’s compound will also be upgraded.
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