Windsor Park (Dominica)
- West Indies cricket team
- Niche Dominica national football team
- Windward Islands cricket team
The Windsor Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Roseau, Dominica. It is used for cricket and football. In addition, national and cultural events such as the World Creole Music Festival, the calypso competitions and the Miss Dominica take place.
The 12,000 spectators bidding stadium is located east of downtown Roseau. It meets the standards of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
History
The former landfill site was used prior to the construction site as a variety of activities such as carnival, horse and donkey races or parades. The plan for a national stadium at this point was made in 1999. However, the existing building was so bad that it had to come to a complete new construction of all buildings. The work was finally begun on 23 March 2005.
The first anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and Dominica had been chosen because of China in accordance with its commitment to promoting four special measures in Dominica ( " Four Pillar Projects" ), the stadium in a value of EC $ 33 million ( 17 million U.S. $ ) Dominica gave.
The work was completed on February 7, 2007. On 23 March 2007 the Chinese leaders dominica African government handed over the stadium. The opening ceremony finally took place on 24 October 2007. The first event was followed from 25 to 27 October 2007. It was the 11th World Creole Music Festival ( WCMF ).
Sports events
At the first football game there was on February 6, 2008., The qualifying match for the 2010 World Cup between the Dominican team and Barbados went from before 4,200 spectators 1:1.
On 26 and 28 July 2009, there was in the stadium for the first two cricket one-day internationals in Dominica. The West Indies met Bangladesh.
The first discharged in Dominica Test match in cricket took place between the West Indies and India from 6 to 10 July 2011.