{"id":4419,"date":"2024-10-02T11:51:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T11:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4419"},"modified":"2024-10-02T11:51:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T11:51:30","slug":"national-sports-stadium-renovations-on-a-snail-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4419","title":{"rendered":"National Sports Stadium Renovations on a Snail Pace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Sports Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zimbabwe&#8217;s National Sports Stadium refurbishment has finally reached 65% completion, after years of delays and setbacks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project has been plagued by a series of canceled and reinstated tenders, which led to the government taking over procurement. This drawn-out process has spanned four years, leaving Zimbabwean football fans unable to watch their national team and club teams play home matches due to the stadium&#8217;s substandard facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Minister of Sport, Recreation, Arts, and Culture Kirsty Coventry, water reticulation works are now 65% complete, while the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV), turnstiles, and Venue Operations Control has reached 50% completion. However, the installation of bucket seats still lags behind at 35%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The delays have been frustrating for both fans and teams, with Zimbabwe forced to host international matches in other countries. The country&#8217;s soccer teams have had to play home matches in neighboring countries&#8217; facilities, a situation described as a &#8220;national embarrassment&#8221; by ZANU PF Murewa West legislator Farai Jere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address the funding shortfall, Deputy Minister of Finance David Mnangagwa suggested creating a funding vehicle listed on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange, allowing pension funds, private players, and Zimbabweans to crowdfund for the stadium&#8217;s refurbishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Progress Update:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Water Reticulation Works: 65% complete.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CCTV, Turnstiles, and Venue Operations Control: 50% complete.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bucket Seat Installation: 35% complete.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Concession Recreation Park Resuscitation: 40% complete.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Victoria Falls Sculpture Park: 60% complete.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Film Strategy: 80% complete.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The successful refurbishment of the National Sports Stadium would not only enhance Zimbabwe&#8217;s sporting infrastructure but also potentially attract international events and boost the local economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports Reporter Zimbabwe&#8217;s National Sports Stadium refurbishment has finally reached 65% completion, after years of delays and setbacks The project has been plagued by a series of canceled and reinstated&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4421,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4419\/revisions\/4421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}