Local hotels and guest houses are reported to be fully booked and anxiously awaiting the thousands of international and regional fans that will begin pouring into Grenada in the next few days.
Sports Minister, Hon. Emmalin Pierre, on Tuesday, said the Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) has reported a favourable increase in room bookings since Grenada was announced as the game’s venue.
“Months before we have had confirmation from our hotels that they were already booked out for the hosting of the test matches here... the situation remains the same," the Minister said at Tuesday's Post Cabinet Briefing.
She said the GTA has confirmed that not only hotels are booked out, but many small guest houses are filled.
According to the Minister, a number of families will also be hosting persons coming for the games, "inclusive of home owners under the Home Stay Programme."
Minister Pierre said, with the matches just a few days away, more than two thousand visitors are expected to witness the games first-hand.
“We anticipate thousands of visitors here, in terms of room stock—over two thousand—and hundreds are coming and living at other private residences.
England will play its first ever Test Match in Grenada's National Cricket Stadium, against the West Indies, from April 21 to 25, 2015.
Source: gov.gd
GRENADIAN HOTELS BOOKED SOLID FOR CRICKET
Well now that the three series between The West Indies and England is over and the series is all squared we say well done to the Team for reminding us cricket lover what we have missed and all because with Bro.Ambrose on board we now have someone who dont take any prisoners when it comes to cricket he having proved himslf as a renowned world class bowler /cricketer, and we now say is it time for the CCB or the WICB or what ever name these bunch of wasters who is running the WICB calls themselves and who is also responsible for the declined in the near death of our beautiful game of cricket,as for that second test held in Grenada and the excitement that was created by our cricket loving (Grenada is mine) Prime Misister and his minister of culture and sport claming that there was going to be a road blocks as a result of ticket demand sales ,well ah watch and waited and watch as the crowds gets thinner and thinner day by day and maybe the Minister of finance Mr cricket love himself will let us Taxpayers as to how much income (Capital/Money/ income)was obtained by Government as a result of this venture ,as for the west indies quality of play in that particular test match,well it was like a saturday afternoon match in st marks between a Coast Guard mixed team and Waltham mixed team played in Victoria playing field and i will tell you ,this one would have been a more exciting and entertaining game being played by these two teams from St Marks compared to that performance by the West Indies Tean in that second Test,so PM Mitchell maybe it is time you get you Pads ,Bat,Gloves and Box ready because as uncle Tom was quoted as saying -The West Indies may after all need you soon,because sir you and you team could talk a good game.
