NY Stadium Construction Moving Along Nicely Say Cricket Officials

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) – With just over three months remaining for the marquee clash between archrivals India and Pakistan on June 9 in the T20 World Cup 2024 to be held in the US and West Indies, construction work is in progress for the stadium in Nassau County.

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, starts on June 1.

The 34,000-capacity stadium will host eight matches in the tournament, including the much-awaited clash between archrivals India and Pakistan. The ground will be home to India during the entirety of the group stages, where they will also face Ireland and the US.

The cutting-edge 34,000-seat modular Nassau County International Cricket Stadium 30 miles east of Manhattan is rapidly taking shape, a press release said. There has been significant progress to the East Stand — which will house 12,500 fans — over the past month with cranes lifting the modular framework in place. In addition, preparation work has started on the north and south premium hospitality and media pavilions, as well as the modular stadium’s outfield, it said.

The excitement of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup has been building as fans celebrated 100 days to go on February 22 with tickets going on general sale. The launch of the ‘out of this world’ campaign film, and larger-than-life cricket balls landing in the nine host locations including Times Square in New York City and Bridgetown in Barbados, marked the countdown to the biggest T20 World Cup ever.

ICC Head of Events, Chris Tetley said: “Work on the outfield commenced in January and in the past few weeks the East Stand framework has really started to take shape.” T20 USA, Inc. CEO Brett Jones said, “We are thrilled to see the venue taking shape.”