By: Spokesman Newsroom
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (Friday 27th August 2021) — Although dubbed ‘The Biggest Party in Sport’, the CPL (Caribbean Premier League) being hosted at the Warner Park Cricket Stadium in St. Kitts will not feature a partying music atmosphere, but could see a short tune when a batsman hits a six. Superintendent Cromwell Henry, member of the National COVID Task Force, provided details on ‘Policing With You’ on ZIZ on Thursday 26th August 2021: “If any music is played you might have a 10-second or 20-second clip when a batsman knocks a six — to acknowledge the six and let the stadium know something just happened — but you will not have the type of music in between for the change of overs, and you will not have the type of music that would have persons dancing to it.”
Henry explained the rationale: “We know that when there is music and there is alcohol, there is a lack of control and so we do not want a situation where — because I heard they are going to have drink specials — if you have drink specials and music, you know what’s going to happen: masks off and everybody shouting. So we do not want that type of atmosphere because that would not be conducive to what we’re trying to do in preventing infections within the stadium.” Other safety measures include entry for fully vaccinated patrons only (with the exception of children who cannot be vaccinated), and a 50% capacity of 4,000 patrons at the 8,000-seat venue. Cricket players and CPL personnel who are unvaccinated will operate in a bubble. CPL games began on Thursday 26th August. As of Wednesday 25th August there were 341 active COVID-19 cases in St. Kitts-Nevis.