Government spending $1.2B to building cricket academies

(Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport is currently seeking contractors to bid for two projects, the construction of a Cricket Academy at Good Hope on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD), and another at Albion, Region Six.

This is according to two invitations for bids issued on the Government of Guyana’s procurement opportunities website. The tender documents state that the project at Good Hope is estimated to cost $745.3 million, while the academy for Albion is estimated at $552.9 million, according to the government’s engineer figures. In total, the two projects are estimated to cost $1.2 billion.

Bids are expected to open on November 19, 2026 at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) office. Regarding these projects, it was reported by the Office of the President, that President Irfaan Ali during an outreach in Berbice back in April 2025 announced that his Government is going to make the necessary investments to transform the Albion Sports Complex into a world class cricket academy.