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BVIFA awaiting FIFA funding for Greenland stadium stands

President of the BVI Football Association Andy Bickerton said the Greenland stadium is in its final stages of development and the Association is waiting on funds from the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) for its completion.

“We are basically at the last stage. We have applied to FIFA for the money to get the stands underway. We are actually now waiting on their response. They have had that for a number of weeks I think, and we are waiting to hear back from them because the foundation is in, and we are ready to start for at least 18 months. So, the delay is not on our side. It is on their side,” Bickerton said at a press conference yesterday.

Ground was broken at the stadium in 2019 in a partnership between the Virgin Islands government and the BVIFA,  under the FIFA umbrella, for the development of what should be a 2,500-seat multi-purpose stadium for recreational and sporting facilities associated with works in Greenland.

The government has leased approximately four acres of Crown land — known as the Festival Grounds at East End — to develop the facilities.

The facility was expected to include a six-lane 400-meter track, netball and volleyball courts, covering for ghuts on both sides of the stadium, fencing, a parking lot for 200 cars, and an access road between the parking lot and the multi-purpose stadium.

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  1. Mad Max says:

    “They have had that for a number of weeks I think, and we are waiting to hear back from them because the foundation is in, and we are ready to start for at least 18 months. So, the delay is not on our side. It is on their side.”

    You have been ready for 18 months but only applied a few weeks ago? Sounds like the delay is your side.

  2. ideas says:

    if we stick to our anti-slavery principles, we can save the cost of a delegation to Qatar for a start….

  3. Hmm says:

    So what about the cricket ground in the said Greenland

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