Dr Daniel McKorley: Leading the way in sports development
Dr Daniel McKorley: Leading the way in sports development

Using sports as a tool for development in Ada:Mcdan shows the way

Other facilities are a 5000-capacity basketball court, a 7,000-capacity tennis court, and a multipurpose sports centre that can sit 8000 fans. These infrastructures can be used for almost all sporting disciplines. It will also complement other world-standard sporting facilities currently being built in the country for hosting international sports events such as football, and boxing, among others.

Other facilities

Apart from Cafeteria, Gym, Swimming Pool, Hotel, and Shopping Centre, among other things, which are commonly found in multipurpose modern stadia, Electrochem has gone a step further to build a sports clinic which will handle all sports-related injuries. The facility can also serve other purposes such as for spectators who might incidentally or accidentally have health issues. Indubitably, it's going to be a massive facility that will not only benefit Ada but also the country as a whole.

First, building the facility in Ada will create construction jobs. Second, people who attend games or work for the team will generate new spending in the community, expanding local employment. Third, teams may attract tourists and companies to the host city, further increasing local spending and jobs. Again, businesses such as transportation, sports bars, casual dining restaurant, parking lots, and hotels, among others, may flourish around the vicinity of the stadium.  Job opportunities will surely open doors for Ada's residents.

Borteyman Project

In November 2020, a search was launched to find a company to manage the construction of a $200 million project of a new 50,000-capacity stadium to be sited at Borteyman in the Greater Accra Region. It was a project meant to be built for the 2023 African Games to be held in Ghana. President Nana Addo told Modern Ghana, a media organisation, his feelings about the project in the following words. " Presently, none of the sports stadia in Ghana meets the standard for continental games ." He added: " It is thus necessary to construct appropriate sports facilities in the country that will be able to host the 25 sporting disciplines from African Games".

If a sovereign nation like Ghana had to go through some difficulty looking for an investor and a manager for the construction of a 50,000-seater stadium,  then the people of Ada and GaDaŋme should count themselves highly favoured and blessed to have their own son voluntarily bring to their doorstep a powerful sports infrastructure in a similar fashion.
 Income generation
Aside from the fact that the multipurpose stadium is a drawstring for the flow of huge income, it can also be rented for religious, political and other social events and conferences which can also be another powerful source of income directly or indirectly for Ada as well as the nation. It's really important to note that the Ada Municipal Assemblies will benefit more as co-owners because the revenue that's generated — from the sales of concessions, from the sales of premium seats, and from the sale of suites and skyboxes at football stadiums is the type of revenue desperately needed by the MMDCEs to feed their budgets.

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