IPL Update : Its the weather which played it into South Africa
Few updates from the press release :
- Hoping on sa to participate for the ticket revenues, hoping to build a fan base
- Biggest sports logistical effort. 25 days to go - 1000’s of people to be moved.
- South Africa will benefit : 30000 room nights will be booked in the next 25 days
- 10000 airline tickets will be booked
Why do we need the extra time?
- Indian team is touring New Zealand and will be returning on 8 APR 2009. The team needs some time to spend with the family and hence the extra week.
- The team will then moved to South Africa after which they will move to England for T20 world cup
We are 1 week short, any reduction in number of games?
- It will be a 5 week affair with 59 games
- 2 games will be played on weekdays - 22 days will have 2 games each.
What about ticket revenues?
- This is a bummer. Hoping that fans in South Africa will turn up to the stadiums and make it a cost.
What about the franchise owners ?
- The differential costs incurred by the team owners because of IPL moving to South Africa will be paid back by IPL to the owners
What about cheerleaders?
- No one asked this question but, I think they will be there.
- IPL Update : Its the weather which played it into South Africa
- For all the money involved in IPL they couldn’t catch a dog
- What is Indian about Indian Premier League?
- Former ICC President: India behind World-cup move from Pakistan
- England or South Africa?
If you enjoyed this post, please consider to leave a comment or subscribe to the feed and get future articles delivered to your feed reader.
Comments
No comments yet.
Leave a comment