Cricket club invests £500k to improve stadium
Worcestershire County Cricket Club has invested £500,000 in upgrades at New Road stadium following six floods during the winter. The improvements include a new digital scoreboard, live streaming cameras, air conditioning in a members' pavilion, and a new electronic ordering system. The old scoreboard has been repurposed into a club shop designed to be dismantled before future flood seasons. Chief executive Ashley Giles emphasized resilience and enhanced fan experience as key goals of the investment.
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