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Seating capacity of two WC
venues to be increased
Staff Correspondent The Local Organising Committee for the World Cup 2011 has decided to increase the seating capacity of two match venues – Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium and Chittagong divisional stadium. The decision was made at an LOC meeting on Sunday.
The seating capacity of the SBNS is approximately 29,000. It will be increased to about 35,000. Similarly the capacity of the Chittagong divisional stadium will be increased from 18,000 to 25,000.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board said if required it will provide funds for this purpose.
‘Currently we have 35,000 seating capacities at the SBNS. Once chairs are installed there, it will come down to 29, 000,’ said BCB director Jalal Yunus, who also attended the LOC meeting.
‘So we decided to increase the capacity. We will not ask for any money from the government. The additional revenue we will earn from the added seats will be enough for us,’ he said
The BCB director added that they are already working on e-ticketing for the World Cup and thus two internationally reputed Indian firms have been invited for a presentation in the first week of December.
It was decided in the LOC meeting that a dress rehearsal for traffic and ticket management will be held on the periphery of the SBNS during the India-Bangladesh-Sri Lanka tri-nation tournament in January.
The meeting also short-listed two local event management firms – Asiatic Events marketing and Macomm – for January 9 trophy unveiling ceremony. A total of 14 firms had made their presentation and out of them six have been chosen for different works, said Yunus.
An international tender will soon be floated for recruiting an event
management firm for the opening ceremony, he said. The BCB director
also informed that the development works of all designated World Cup venues will be started by next month.

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