Mound tickets for Play-offs sold out Tickets only available at CPL GT Office as TKR match sold out

Sep 26, 2019 Sports

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By Sean Devers

The final opportunity for Guyanese to watch the 2019 Hero T20 Cricket live at the Providence will be on October 3, 4 & 6 and from a security standpoint; all systems are in place to ensure a successful hosting of the last three ‘Home Games’ here.
The final two preliminary games will see Guyana Amazon Warriors opposing Jamaica Tallawahs from 18:00hrs on Thursday Oc

tober 3 before facing-off with old rivals Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) the next day from 20:00hrs.
The play-offs are set for Sunday October 6 in the only day games in Guyana.
The first play-off game is scheduled to commence at 11:00hrs while second game on the double header, is set to start at 15:30hrs.
Tickets for Red and Green stand cost $5,000, the Orange stand cost $3,000, while the mound cost $2,000.
Tickets for both games in the play-off cost $2,500 for the mound, $3,500 for Orange Stand and $6,000 for the Red and Green Stands.
Head of security for the Guyana matches, Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police George Vyphuis disclosed, while dealing with the traffic and getting spectators into the venue is the biggest challenge, the experience from previous years makes their work a lot easier.
“We would have done an excellent job with assistance from the Guyana Police Force so it’s like a walk in the Park since we have been doing this forever,” Vyphuis informed.

The TKR game has already been sold out, while tickets for the Grass Mound for Tallawahs and play-off games have also been sold out.
“We have had many sold out matches at the Stadium and we knew all along that the TKR would have been sold out so we encourage fans to leave home early and get to the stadium on time.”
The CPL (Guyana) Security Head overlooks the work of the Guyana Fire Service and emergency and Health Services and disclosed that gates open two hours before each game.
“Everybody is in competition for the same space on the Road.
Persons going to the airport … People going over the Demerara Harbour Bridge so what we have done is to allow those with car passes to go into the Car Park on the Tarmac before the gates are opened for the games,” said Vyphuis.
According to Vyphuis when the gates are opened patrons will be invited to leave their vehicles but they must have their tickets to enter the Stands. There will be additional security staff on the tarmac.
The other designated Parking area is the ‘Red Loam’ area between the Stadium and the Hotel.
Vyphuis disclosed that Police Commissioner Leslie James has now gotten involved and there is a diversion for those going to the Airport or Villages after Providence.
Those vehicles will turn onto ‘Red Road’ round the back of the stadium and come back to the public Road through the Mocha Road.
Only those going to the stadium will be allowed to pass the ‘Red Road’
This system was implemented from the last match and will be done for all the other matches here.
The process to get into the Stadium from the pavement outside the venue is easy. CPL operates three entrances before you reach the Stands.
The number one gate (soft check) to ensure you got your tickets, number two check point the entrance to the tarmac (Check to ensure you do not have any prohibited items in your bag (glass bottles, cigarettes and lighters, knives, guns), check point three (pat down) entrance to get into the Stadium where your bags and tickets are checked and the entrance to the stands where your tickets are again checked.
The only stand where you get a band is the mound but if you leave there you need to show your band and half ticket to get to return.
At the end of the first innings those from the other stands might want go to the mound where the revellers will be in full swing but Vyphuis stressed that this would not be allowed.
“We are very strict with migration since the Mound can only accommodate 4,000 and if those from other stands are allowed to move from stand to stand the Fire Service will not allow overcrowding,” stated the Security Head.
No children tickets are being sold and once a child takes up a seat they will have to get a ticket. Babies younger than two years will be allowed free but they need to sit on their parent’s lap, while the entire Stadium is a no-smoking zone.
Vyphuis informed that selling tickets outside the venue is illegal and encouraged fans not to buy tickets from touts.
“Some of them will fit in a day one or day two ticket into those you buy since they still have unsold tickets for the previous games and since all the tickets look alike you easily be conned,” Vyphuis warned.
Guyana is the only venue which has designated seat numbers and fans are encouraged to buy tickets early and if a group of 10 wants to sit together they are advised to purchase all the tickets at the same time.
It was also announced that the only place to buy tickets for the play-offs is at the CPL office at Camp and Quamina streets since the ticket locations in Affiance on the Essequibo Coast and in New Amsterdam Berbice are no longer operational.
Tallawahs and defending Champions TKR have beaten the Warriors twice each in finals and the Warriors have been involved in four finals and two semi-finals since 2013 when CPL was inaugurated.
However, with 15 players in their 18-man squad under the age of 30, this could be the Warriors best chance of transforming from Bridesmaid to Bride.

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