The Knight Riders Group, homeowners of IPL franchise KKR, on Friday introduced that they’re constructing a cricket stadium in Los Angeles with assist from Major League Cricket (MLC).
The initiative has been taken retaining the 2028 Olympics in thoughts as cricket might function within the Summer Games to be held six years down the road.
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The cricket venue will likely be constructed on a 15-acre land.
“Our funding in MLC in America, is predicated on our perception within the thrilling way forward for cricket within the USA and is nicely aligned to our technique of creating Knight Riders as a worldwide model in T20 cricket,” Bollywood superstar and KRG co-owner Shah Rukh Khan said in a statement.
KRG, who are the owners of Kolkata Knight Riders and Trinbago Knight Riders, are the founding investors in MLC.
“Plans to build a world class cricket stadium in the greater Los Angeles area is exciting for us and MLC. This will no doubt have a transformational impact on one of the world’s most iconic metropolitan areas,” he added.
The improvement would see a multi-million greenback funding and the internationally famend architects HKS will design an iconic house for the game within the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan space, the discharge added.
The stadium plans embrace state-of-the-art coaching amenities, locker rooms, luxurious suites, devoted parking, concessions, area lighting and an international-grade pitch to fulfill International Cricket Council requirements.
USA Cricket is anticipated to bid for future males’s and girls’s World Cup tournaments, with the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup already set to be co-hosted by the United States and the West Indies.
The ICC can also be bidding for the inclusion of cricket within the 2028 Olympic Games to be held in Los Angeles, and if profitable, the stadium at Great Park is anticipated to be a centerpiece venue for the occasion in Southern California.
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