Walt Disney To Hold Cricket Event (11 Mar 1997)
WELLINGTON, March 10: Florida`s Disney World could be hosting a major one-day international cricket tournament from next year in a deal with the International Cricket Council (ICC), the New Zealand Herald reported Monday
11-Mar-1997
11 March 1997
Walt Disney to host cricket event
WELLINGTON, March 10: Florida`s Disney World could be hosting a
major one-day international cricket tournament from next year in
a deal with the International Cricket Council (ICC), the New Zealand Herald reported Monday.
In an unsourced report the Herald said the ICC had been trying to
get into the rich sponsorship and marketing field in the United
States as it sought to spread the growth and development of
cricket into a global sport.
The paper said Walt Disney turned up at the ICC table with an
offer to build an international stadium with first-class cricket
facilities if the ICC could guarantee at least three major countries would compete in one-day tournaments over 1998-2000.
The tournaments would be in August and September which is ideal
for most countries apart from those on a full tour of England.
Source :: Dawn (https://xiber.com/dawn)