Thursday, 4 February 2016

Is The Accra Sports Stadium Under Utilised?

In many parts of the world where football is played, maintaining a good natural grass pitch is challenging due to the combination of weather conditions, high usage hours and financial restrictions. Heat, cold and high humidity are negative parameters when a natural grass pitch has to be maintained to the highest standards, frequent matches and training sessions that take place on it.



 



 



Some middle-income economic countries find it difficult to create enough income through sponsorship or gate revenues so they therefore look for additional options to generate income.



Ghana through the National Sports Authority seems to have identified the opportunity to rent out their grass pitch of the Accra Sports stadium to football clubs, schools or other sport clubs (e.g. rugby) as the right way to go.









The green grass layed at the Accra sports stadium is withering due to poor maintenance and the weather factors stated earlier but unlike the weather (natural course) which man has little or no control over the renting of the field for non-sporting activity seems to be the order of the day fetching the NSA huge sums of money.



 



As these revenues rake in one may ask why then does the pitch appear patchy instead of the natural green colour? Revenues derived from renting out the stadium should be used to maintain the stadium so why isn’t so then? The closest the grass comes to maintenance has to do with the water sprinklers watering the grass every morning and evening.



 



 



Is a football pitch meant to host sports activities – football games, rugby matches or just rake revenue for the NSA and left to ruin?







Is The Accra Sports Stadium Under Utilised?
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