Bindra walks down memory lane
Ahead of the Ireland-West Indies game in Mohali, Vijay Lokapally speaks to veteran administrator IS Bindra about his plans for the PCA Stadium and more
Siddhartha Talya
25-Feb-2013
Ahead of the Ireland-West Indies game in Mohali, Vijay Lokapally speaks to veteran administrator IS Bindra about his plans for the PCA Stadium and more. Read the article in the Hindu.
Associated with the Board since 1975, the 70-year-old is now planning an infrastructure for the “next century.” The first step has been taken by procuring 42 acres of land just outside Chandigarh. “It will be a stadium that will last 100 years,” he promises. Just like Lord's. “Our focus would be on spectator comfort. We would create self-contained parking.”
When the new stadium comes up, every spectator, asserts Mr. Bindra, would be able to park his car within 50 yards from his seat. “He should park and walk to his seat. It will be an open stadium, not at all claustrophobic, and have three grounds in the complex.” As per international standards, the spectators' ingress and digress process would be seven minutes.
Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo