Guyana stadium plans ‘impressive’

De Caires, who left the country earlier this week, said the Providence stadium would be a tremendous addition to Guyana’s infrastructure.

"The two countries are quite different, Barbados is very heavily dependent on tourism, Guyana is not, so whatever we are doing, has a very strong focus towards tourism and affiliated services," de Caires told the Stabroek News.

"Guyana’s interest will be somewhat different, it doesn’t have the same level of infrastructure in that regard, but from the plans I’ve seen, they are very impressive."

De Caires pointed out that the whole country stood to benefit from the construction of the new stadium and not just the community in which it was being built.

It all depends on how it is organised. The chances are, many people from all over the country may be providing supplies, and will actually use it for different events," de Caires explained.

"You have cultural benefits, since you have another facility, and a good one at that, so you’ll get economic benefits being derived from that, because you now have the capability to put something on, and you now have an interest to put it on, because you have to make money to make it pay."

He continued, "It’s an opportunity, you can squander the opportunity or you can take advantage of it.

But I would hope that everybody in the Caribbean takes advantage of it."