New York City's plan to host the 2024 Cricket World Cup in the Bronx is over after heated opposition from the community.
The venue will instead be built in Eisenhower Park in Nassau County on Long Island. supported bringing the Cricket World Cup to the Bronx
as an economic boost, citing a potential $150 million economic windfall as a result of the tournament. The International Cricket Council said they would foot the $20 million construction bill, so there would've been no need for taxpayer money -- just patience. Community leaders in the Bronx were against the plan to build the stadium at Van Cortlandt Park. The plans called for a 34,000-seat temporary stadium, which would've eliminated the use of 20 acres of the park for months.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is speaking Wednesday about the tournament's move to Long Island.
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