THE 3WS OVAL of the University of the West Indies' Cave Hill Campus is moving to construct a permanent stadium as it prepares to host Group D warm up matches for the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean.
Donald Lockerbie, CWC 2007's chief operation officer and venue development director, said that the UWI officials were "working towards a legacy of 2,000 to 4,000 permanent seating."
As a result, the University of the West Indies' Cave Hill Campus is likely to be among the legacy beneficiaries of the World Cup.
Lockerbie indicated that construction at warm-up facilities such as the 3Ws Oval and Brian Lara Stadium in San Fernando, Trinidad, would take total expenditure on stadium-building for World Cup events to more than US$260 million.
He pointed out that with one more hurricane season to negotiate before the World Cup, it was "very comforting" to have high-class, back-up venues like the Brian Lara Stadium, Arnos Vale in St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Greenfield Stadium in Trelawny, Jamaica, as "contingency plan venues" if any of the major venues was unable to fulfill its obligations.
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