{"id":26332,"date":"2025-02-08T23:40:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T23:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26332"},"modified":"2025-02-08T23:40:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T23:40:39","slug":"progress-on-new-stadiums-and-sporting-infrastructure-in-guyana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/progress-on-new-stadiums-and-sporting-infrastructure-in-guyana\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress on New Stadiums and Sporting Infrastructure in Guyana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>January 11, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Sport, Charles Ramson Jr, provided an update on the government&#8217;s ambitious sports infrastructure projects, expressing confidence that major developments in stadium construction will progress significantly in 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These projects are part of the broader vision set by President Irfaan Ali&#8217;s administration to improve Guyana&#8217;s sporting sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mackenzie Stadium in Linden is the closest to completion, with significant work underway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Ramson announced that the installation of essential facilities at the stadium will be completed by May 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, contracts have been awarded for the construction of the stadium&#8217;s fence, parking lot, and sight screen, expected to be finalized by mid-2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the Anna Regina Stadium is progressing rapidly, with Minister Ramson noting significant developments in the ongoing construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Bayroc, a synthetic track has already been installed, and further work is in progress on other key aspects of the planned sports activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The stands at the New Amsterdam Stadium are also nearing completion, with the tendering process for the park and fencing completed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While contracts have not yet been issued for these elements, the facility&#8217;s opening remains on schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, Ramson spoke about the Palmyra Stadium, a first-of-its-kind facility, emphasizing that the government is aiming for its completion as soon as feasible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 11, 2025 Minister of Sport, Charles Ramson Jr, provided an update on the government&#8217;s ambitious sports infrastructure projects, expressing confidence that major developments in stadium construction will progress significantly&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26333,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26332\/revisions\/26333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}