I am depressed and I will not post about the match yesterday. I’ll just talk about the stadium. The team doesn’t seem to want this, even though the fans here certainly did. This was the first sellout crowd of the tournament and Providence Stadium was packed with 12,200 people. 12,200 people and I had to be sitting right behind a group of Sri Lankan fans.
This was my first CWC match. I was impressed with the stadium. Great design so you get great views from anywhere in the stands. Even from the Grass Mound where we were (cheapest “seats” @ US $25). Tonnes of washroom facilities kept very very clean despite the throngs of people. I hope Barbados did just as good a job with Kensington, as I will be there for 3 more Super 8 matches. Pictures on my Flickr. More pictures at the end of this post.
Baby enjoyed herself. When we started walking into the stadium, she went silent and her eyes just grew. She could not believe we brought her to a place where she could see so very many people. At least she had fun – she doesn’t understand the game just yet. Ah, innocence. She had 2 naps in the middle of the madness.
I didn’t really explore the available food. With the price of concessions being a bit high there wasn’t the variety that I would expect from a West Indian cricket match. Oh for the Oval where you could get roti, shark and bake, soup, anything you want under the stands, freshly made right in front of you. I did buy a sno-cone with condensed milk! The sno-cone man was selling them with chocolate syrup as a topping! Chocolate syrup on a sno-cone??? Oh well, something new for the tourists 😀
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