Robert Bryan Quotations

Therefore we believe there is really no basis for the continued perception in the minds of the public that an unreasonable request will be made on businesses around Sabina Park to take down their business signs.

The pitch is being laid now and we have an agreement to play regional and domestic matches there later this year to test the quality.

I don't think it takes a magician to see that that is just a total off-the-mark nonsensical approach to look at such an event (Cricket World Cup) solely in terms of the gate receipts. It has far broader implications.

We are planning on that committee to host a number of activities in that space downtown and to facilitate commercial activities that could come from that.

The stands will not be completely finished but it may be at a level that we can play the matches and we will continue on and we expect that these stands will be completed by October 2006.

There is no way of telling if there is going to be a mass casualty incident or if it is going to be a normal typical day when someone just needs to be transported to the hospital. If we have a car accident involving more than two patients, then we have a problem.

The basic commitment is that the basic structure of the North Stand will be completed for the one-day games in May. All the finishes won't be done . (but) the facilities for the players etc are now located in this new stand so it is very important that that part of the exercise be at a level that is acceptable by May.

By far, possibly the largest opportunity that presents itself to the Caribbean is the television audience rated somewhere between two and three billion persons. That platform presents a tremendous opportunity for our countries of the region and in particular Jamaica, to position itself to take advantage of how it can actually project and market itself while this event is here in Jamaica.