MCA to ‘open’ Wankhede Stadium President’s Field for World Cup | Cricket Information – Instances of India

MUMBAI: The Wankhede Stadium’s President’s Field, from the place all the highest dignitaries, together with actors, cricket greats and BCCI/MCA officers benefit from the motion, is about to get an open-air really feel through the World Cup in October-November.
The Mumbai Cricket Affiliation (MCA), whereas refurbishing the stadium for the World Cup, has determined to open a serious a part of the President’s Field in an effort to give a ‘balcony-like’ feeling to the VIP spectators sitting there.
The President’s Field accommodates about 200 seats—with 100 seats allotted to the BCCI officers, and the opposite 100 being given to their MCA counterparts.

“The refurbished President’s Field could have each open and closed seating. There will likely be each an AC and non-AC part. A serious seating space will likely be exterior, within the open, with only a few seats and hospitality companies being inside. This may allow the spectators to benefit from the on-field expertise of watching a match, which wasn’t there earlier,” MCA president Amol Kale informed TOI.
The Wankhede Stadium will host 5 matches through the mega match, together with the India versus Sri Lanka conflict on November 2, and the primary semifinal on November 15.
The primary match in Mumbai will see England lock horns with South Africa on October 21.

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In the meantime, the MCA signed a contract final week with the architects of the Wankhede Stadium, Shashi Prabhu & Associates, for refurbishing your entire stadium for the World Cup.
“Time is a constraint however the MCA’s endeavour will likely be to renovate all of the bogs, construct a ramp for specially-enabled spectators and supply as a lot spectator-friendly ambiance as attainable. The re-laid outfield is already trying lush inexperienced,” a supply mentioned.