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Letter to the Sports Editor…MARRIOTT WAS BUILT FOR CRICKET!!

Jun 13, 2014 Sports

 

Dear Sports Editor,
President Ramotar recently stated that the Providence Stadium and the Marriott hotel were built for cricket. I can understand the National Stadium being built for cricket, even though there seems to be other activities and shows than cricket, but the Marriott now being associated with cricket primarily, suddenly seems strange. Maybe APNU and AFC can now shut up, they have an answer.
As an outsider looking in, it now appears that since the government owns the stadium and the hotel to house the cricketers all they now need is the cricket. No wonder the constant pressure and harassment on the Guyana Cricket Board. I also observed that the owner of the Pegasus Hotel has been speaking out about the business he and others may have lost. Mr. Badal, from all indication, you will eventually have to give up that client as the Marriott may eventually put you out of business as they may very well offer better rates to the Cricket Board or even offer concessions that you as an ordinary citizen cannot afford.
I am not seeing any comments or reactions from other sporting disciplines, why? Is it that it does not concern you? You should rethink, it is now cricket and no one knows when their turn will come along. Cricket, if we have any, alone cannot fill up the Marriott.
Comrades, we have already lost the New Zealand Test match and from all indications the WICB will remove the Under 19 Tournament from Guyana thereby cancelling about One Hundred and Twenty (120) rooms per day for the duration of one month. Further, next year the England tour begins sometime in April and we may very well not have any games in that series. It is becoming more and more difficult for me to fathom the reason for such stupid actions by the government.
The West Indies and Guyana Cricket Boards can be assured of one thing, if the present Government of Guyana wants something they will relentlessly go after it even if it is destroyed in the process. Most importantly, they do not care who they destroy. Cricket and those cricketers and officials affected in this fiasco will be considered collateral damage.
Observer

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