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Plans For New Stadium Unveiled
posted (October 13, 2016)

And today the Ministry of Sports also unveiled the plans for the real centerpiece of the Mexican funded project, which is a nine million dollar multipurpose volleyball and basketball facility – which will be placed on the same Marion Jones grounds, to the east of the main structure.  It’s a major sports complex, and this is also being administered by UNOPS – and is slated for completion in February 2018.  Sharp outlined the basic details:…

Allan Sharp - Steering Committee Member
"The basketball and volleyball facility which will be built just to the north of here which will have 4 training courts which can be converted to one main court with 2 side courts and the facility will be able to hold 1500 people but I think the main part of the project that government is trying to push is that sport needs facilities."

Hon. Elodio Aragon Jr. - Minister of State, Youth, Sports, Culture
"The indoor facility will have 4 courts for practice purposes with one main court to be used for tournaments. It has a media room and training rooms as well as rooms for medical attention, a gymnasium and of course multiple restroom facilities. This space will seat an audience of 1500 person and the design includes proper ventilation and lighting and is wheelchair accessible. We are about to embark on sending our out tenders for the construction of this indoor sporting facility. As with the tendering and bidding process for the lighting component this component of construction for the indoor facility will be managed by UNOPS."

Robert Woisky - UNOPS Project Manager, Belize
"For the construction is a bigger project. We don't know how many companies here have the capacity and the finance requirements for the construction. Also we are also spreading this opportunity to the Mexico market. We are trying to spread more in the Yucatan and Quintana Roo provenience because first to get a better price, a final cost."

Because the project is funded by the Mexicans, UNOPS is obliged to invite bids from Mexico and Belize.  IT will go to tender this month, and work on the project should start in January.

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