Media advised of challenges at Providence stadium
Stabroek News
March 26, 2007
All journalists foreign and local checking in to the Accreditation Centre at the Providence Stadium for the International Cricket Council's Cricket World Cup 2007 tournament received a media advisory concerning the challenges of operating at the new stadium.
Rushman's the media services and accreditation company contracted by the ICC for the event, said in the media advisory, that the Guyana Local Organising Committee (LOC) had been unable to provide fully operational facilities.
The advisory said the company would try its best to provide a full service, but that media operatives may experience intermittent power interruptions and "limited wifi and internet capacity and connectivity," at the new stadium.
Rushman's said ICC CWC 2007 Inc. had flown in additional personnel to assist the LOC in its preparations including power experts, IT technicians and additional support personnel, "to assist our Accreditation and Media Services operations."
Rushman's added: "We are yet to be provided with a fully operational Accreditation Centre, 12 days after the required delivery date."
A Rushman's official also said they could not approve the proposed media parking area which was badly affected by the recent heavy rainfall and was too far away from the facility.