EVENTS Operations Officer of OPCO (Guyana) Inc. Kirk Douglas has given the assurance that all systems are in place for the Guyana leg of this year’s Hero Caribbean Premier League. The Guyana Amazon Warriors will play their first home game tomorrow when they tackle Jamaica Tallawahs at the Guyana National Stadium, starting at 18:00hrs.
After the game on Wednesday, the Amazon Warriors will play St.Lucia Zouks on July 17; Barbados Tridents on July 18 and Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel on July 21.
“We are about 90 percent there. We have been preparing for this for a while now and we are confident of delivering what we expect to be a very successful leg of the Caribbean Premier League,” Douglas said during a media briefing yesterday.
He encouraged patrons to get their tickets early since ticket sales had increased tremendously yesterday.
Meanwhile, Safety and Security Manager George Vyphuis pointed out that security plays a very important role in the success of the leg.
Vyphuis dosclosed that the usual “soft ticket” checkpoint and security search will be done before persons enter the stadium.
He warned that accreditation and tickets are the only two means that patrons can enter the stadium.
Further Vyphuis urged patrons to follow the lists of prohibited and restricted items.
Commander Clifton Hicken, in his brief remarks, noted that special traffic arrangements will be put in place..
He called on patrons to act responsibly and cooperate with the Police so that there will be incident-free events.
Stadium Staff Coordinator, Sabrina Panday indicated that 125 stadium staff will be divided into twelve groups to make sure all things go as planned.
Further tickets will be sold on match days providing there is no sold-out before the actual playing days.
Also parking is available outside the stadium (between the stadium and Princess hotel) as well as in the parking lot of the stadium.
Patrons will need to pay just $500 for the outside parking and $1 000 to park in the stadium.