PCB opposes plan to build five-star hotel at LCCA ground

The plans of building a five-star hotel at the historic Lahore City Cricket Association (LCCA) Ground appear to be in doubt, after opposition from officials in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Earlier, the Sports Board Punjab (SBP) had decided to make a hotel on the ground inorder to provide accommodation to foreign athletes that would not affect the daily lifestyle of the people in Lahore.

According to sources, PCB officials believe that using the ground for anything other than cricketing activities is not the right move. The PCB had already prepared plans to use the ground as part of the extension of the National High Performance Center.

The officials also believe that constructing a hotel on the ground citing accommodation or security concerns would be a futile endeavor. Nishtar Park is already plagued with various problems such as parking and creating a hotel will only widen the current issues while impacting the historic ground.

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The Director General Sport Board Punjab Adnan Arshad had previously announced that a grant of Rs.30 million had already been issued for the construction of the planned five-star hotel.

The officials in the Sport Board have argued that all foreign teams would stay at the hotel during their stay in Lahore which would solve various issues such as security and providing ease of access to the people of Lahore.

The plans of creating a hotel on the historic ground had previously come under criticism from various other quarters of the cricketing community in Pakistan as well.

It must be noted that SBP had earlier issued a press release, stating that PCB had agreed to build the hotel after a meeting between the two parties on Friday.