Bangkok--Feb 24--SET
The SET Board of Governors today approved the development project for Chulalongkorn stadium to make it a model stadium with all the facilities of a modern athletic venue including a library and sports information center. The new Chulalongkorn Stadium will be open from 7:00 am - 11:00 pm daily. The SET will also ask Chula to open the stadium for public use at selected time. After renovation, the number of visitors is expected to reach two million a year.
Mr. Kittiratt Na-Ranong, SET President and also the Secretary of the SET’s 30th Anniversary Charity Fund, announced the SET Board of Governors’ decision today (Feb.22, 2005). The Board recognizes the importance of youth development and has approved to allocate THB66.5 mln. (approx. USD1.7 mln.) from the SET’s 30th Anniversary Charity Fund to help develop the Chulalongkorn Stadium. The renovation will equip the stadium to international standards. The stadium will also be open for outside youth and the community, not only for Chulalongkorn’s students.
The Chulalongkorn Stadium Project will cost THB66.5 mln. The renovation of the stadium will include the change from grass to turf that will meet the FIFA (F?d?ration Internationale de Football Organization) standard. This will enable a greater utilization of the stadium for up to 16 hours a day throughout the year.
In addition, the stands will be improved to make them more suitable for long periods of viewing. There will be a viewers’ room from where spectators can watch the match. There will also be a library and a sports information center, as well as restaurants and stores. Also to be added are advertising billboards that will help generate income for the stadium.
“We believe that this Stadium Project will contribute a great deal to the development of Thai youth and society. The renovated stadium will encourage Thai youth to be more enthusiastic about sports, spend their free time usefully, and drive them away from drugs. The Project also will promote sports-related professions to help them become more recognized. We hope the Chulalongkorn Stadium Project will be a model for quality stadiums and build up the sports industry. It should promote the sports skills of our youth in the long run,” Mr. Kittiratt said.
On selecting Chulalongkorn Stadium as a pilot project, an advisory committee to the SET’s 30th Anniversary Charity Fund viewed that the Stadium already had a good management system and its location was also convenient for both students and other community members to utilize its newly renovated facilities.
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