Dallas, Florida and New York have been named as venues for the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup in 2024 when USA hosts the occasion for the primary time.
The match, to be co-hosted by West Indies, would be the largest in historical past, with 20 groups competing.
A 34,000-seat modular stadium will probably be constructed at Eisenhower Park in Nassau County, New York, topic to a allow.
Present venues at Grand Prairie, Dallas, and Broward County in Florida will probably be elevated in measurement.
The ICC Board awarded the internet hosting of the occasion to the West Indies and the USA in November 2021.
“The USA is a strategically essential market and these venues give us a wonderful alternative to make a press release on the planet’s largest sport market,” Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) chief govt Geoff Allardice stated.
“We explored numerous potential venue choices within the nation and we had been massively inspired by the passion the occasion generated in potential hosts, reinforcing the rising consciousness round cricket’s huge fanbase and its energy to unite various communities.”
Main League Cricket, the inaugural T20 franchise match in the US, was held for the primary time in July.
The World Cup will probably be held in North America for the primary time in June 2024 – and the USA, who haven’t certified for a serious ICC match for the reason that 2004, and West Indies have been granted computerized qualification as hosts.
The ICC stated it might utilise modular stadium infrastructure to develop “a world-class state-of-the-art” purpose-built stadium in New York, with two to 3 months of labor scheduled to start in late January 2024.
“We’re very excited in regards to the alternative to make use of modular stadium expertise to current world-class cricket in a location that has not beforehand hosted an ICC international occasion, giving USA cricket followers the prospect to observe the world’s greatest on their doorstep,” Allardice stated.
“This expertise has been used at earlier ICC occasions to extend venue capability and it is routinely utilized in different main sports activities around the globe.
“Within the USA, it should give us the chance to extend the dimensions of the venues in each Dallas and Florida and create what will be a shocking venue in New York.”