@Nakujua
This is what the governor of Meru said while justifying the renovation of Kinoru stadium

The governor said his government sees sports as a major business for locals due to high number of people from within and outside the county that attend the events.

He said his county government was keen in making Meru Town, which is the biggest in northern Kenya, a centre for sports.

“When big teams come to Kinoru, people spent the night in our hotels. When Gor Mahia came to play Tusker FC all the hotels were full. I am told the presidential suite at Alba Hotel was also booked for three days," said the governor.

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Right now Kenyans are obsessed with premier league. All that subscription money you pay to watch premier league is going to benefit only the British govt and its people.

If local authorities build better stadia , more kenyans will watch KPL, standards will rise with better money and instead of sending all that money to Britain, some of it will remain locally because instead of watching premier league, some fans in Meru and elsewhere will go to local games.

When I was in primary school there used to be a motto: Buy Kenya, build Kenya. Do not build Britain. They are already rich.

its not the stadiums that attract fans to clubs, its how well a club is marketed, and a good example is gor - hata if they decided to play in meru, I am sure the local stadium would be packed, the same can not be said of when meru fc (if at all kuna team kama hiyo, but I am sure kuna ka local team huko) plays in the same stadium.

lakini I am with you on supporting our local teams, its sad when even our leaders keep using the foreign teams they support in discussions - and threads about the epl and what is being transferred huko keeps so many of us on the edge.

The state of stadia are a HUGE factor. When people take their families to stadia they want to ensure that the stadia have good restrooms, good seats

Question: Even if you were a Thika United fan, would you take your family, wife, girlfriend, or children to a stadium with these sitting arrangements ?




Also Would you take them to stadia with filthy or non-existent restrooms?

Please answer both questions

- Building better stadia also means enhancing security e.g. the addition of CCTV cameras.
- Bigger stadiums also means clubs can get more revenue. For example, City stadium is in a convenient location for fans but is too small for big clubs like GM and AFC
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And most important: If Kenya ever hopes to host big tournaments like IRB sevens or AFCON then they better get serious about building better stadia

And you Meru town. Even with a small stadium, the county witnessed a financial windfall when they hosted Gor Mahia.

Well guess what. Meru can draw even bigger crowds if they refurbish their stadium which currently only has a capacity of 5000. That is a paltry number. If Meru county wants to make even more money they can triple that capacity and potentially host Harambee stars matches.

County stadia can also host rugby, gospel crusades, music concerts, campaigns. All these are money making ventures for the county.

A stadium like Nyayo can make even more money via naming rights. Do you remember when Coca Cola offered KES 400m for naming rights of Nyayo stadium?

We need to look at the big picture.
Tazama picha pana

what to posts #81 ~#87 got to do with Maurice Odumbe and his tribulations ?
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sema digressions

Allen Iverson fell this low?? Damn.