The UPP’s new AI image “sports complex” looks nice on paper – an arena, stadiums, Olympic pool – but projects like that cost serious money. We’re talking billions of dollars. So the obvious question is: who’s paying for it?
Does that mean higher taxes? More borrowing? Or cutting back on things people actually need like affordable housing, road construction, water infrastructure, and basic services?
What’s hard to ignore is that this is coming from a party that can’t seem to keep itself together. The UPP is constantly fighting among themselves. If they can’t run a party, how are they going to manage something this big?
At the same time, the ABLP already announced a fund and sensible Cricket West Indies High-Performance Campus at Coolidge – a phased project with a clear purpose: training, jobs, sports tourism, and real economic activity.
That feels like the difference. ABLP has a plan and a way to pay for it. The UPP offering a fairy tale that if implemented would mean higher taxes, more borrowing or cut services for you.
We all want better sports facilities. But we also need honesty about what things cost – and leadership that knows how to set priorities.
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Yalllll are sooooo dunce………. This is what CIP monies should be use for. Proper infrastructure and investment
Let the minister of sports know that swimmers are still awaiting that pool. Every time they return from an event he greets and photo op with them and make empty promises.
Even if the project cost billions, it will belong to the People.
projects of this magnitude is done in phases.
Imagine this complex producing world class athletes, who’ll bring gold and other medals from say the Olympics.
Imagine this complex production a Michael Phelps, a Serena or Venus, a Pele, a Wemby…goodness, gracious me, let the youths dream. Let them dream large.
Seeing this facility alone in your backyard will give the youths real reasons to soar to infinity and beyond.
The returns in fifty years from having a complex, if this magnitude would be outstanding for the Nation.
Jumbee Picknee aka Ras Smood
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Vere Edwards
Guys..Put your foot on the ground..there is no way Antigua can afford such infraestructure..We dont have economy that can afford such level of development..you guys can try to play any kind of numbers..The reality is one, we can’t afford it.
If we can’t keep the existing ones, how suddenly we are going to be capable to manages new ones?
All like the airport and five island school now UWI and treasury building and car park and the finishing of the hospital and adoms building and viv Richards stadium and cancer center other things was aspirational fantasy by UPP made into reality, you Gaston can’t even touch one a them project to completion unless some scheme to embezzle public monies in it.
Sports pays! Plain and simple!
There is no business that creates millionaires faster than sports.
The techies are trying but, AI got their number.
Ain’t nothing going to replace the raw skill, talents, abilities, capabilities honed into a craft from a sport.
Sports equal entertainment! Sports equal comradaderie, team work! It’s also you against the universe.
Sports is healthy! Health is wealth!
How can you preach SPORT TOURISM and have no facilities to train and attract the best athletes!
Sports is EDUCATION, unlike the ragga ragga mess!
You have Sport Medicine – excellent field to study into in particular if you incorporate some dietary learning.
Sports is manufacturing – think textiles, equipment, gears.
There are so many avenues which branches off the Sport Industry, as a matter of fact, sports is the lifeblood and lifeline of many Universities and Colleges.
Anyone who’s seriously planning the Nation’s future and do not include SPORTS is not fit for purpose to be planning the long term future, of the Nation.
To those who thinks [maintenance] is a reason for not putting proper long term planning into motion first through conceptualizing it, then look at the feasibility’s are those who’ll think have no purpose outside of being subservients.
Sports Pays! Let Sports become an ECONOMIC ZONE for investors
A new well planned City needs to include parts of All Saints West, St.Peter’s, St. Phillip’s North & South
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By the way what the hell is happening with YIDA and all of the other ECONOMIC ZONES?
Jumbee_Picknee aka Ras Smood
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#Garrate_Bastard
Vere Edwards
Good Ideas millionaires will jump on this as beautiful as Antigua is Attract people from all over the world
We can host big games and make millions more jobs especially off season.
Visionaries we cannot just keep relying on tourism
Seem these ABLP writtets more obsessed with UPP than anything else ive see
And here was i thinking that the election was about development and not bashing lol
Antigua does infact need a proper athletic stadium and an Olympic size swimming pool for its athletes.
Other islands in the OECS such as St.Lucia, Grenada and St. Kitts all have modern athletic stadiums and Olympic size swimming pools where their athletes can train. So this concept already existed in some of the OECS islands.
Whichever of the two parties wins the next general election, this should be a top priority for them.
ANR Editors even Ray Charles can see and feel your hypocrisy towards the UPP.
I don’t give a damn about political party, and their #CON_FUSION, I care about the youths and the Nation not Gaston, Harold, Pringle, etc; but you obviously have a deep disdain for common sense reasoning, unless the narrative is being controlled by crooks in the CABINET.
Where is my second post on this subject did you #CHATGPT and smoke it as crack or tango & cash?
You’ll behaving worst than a FenHead needing a NARCAN HIT.
Jumbee_Picknee aka Ras Smood
De’ole Dutty Peg🦶🏿Foot
#Garrate_Bastard
Vere Edwards
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