The R Premadasa Stadium is geared to glitter Sri Lanka's name during the Cricket World Cup

Premadasa Stadium refurbished
August 16, 2010
The R. Premadasa Stadium is geared to glitter Sri Lanka's name during the Cricket World Cup. It has been given a new facelift.


It is the first stadium to come up in Sri Lanka with facilities to play Cricket under floodlights. The massive reconstruction programme has been launched 21 years after its construction. Minister Wimal Weerawansa undertook a visit to the R. Premadasa Stadium to monitor the reconstruction work.
The stadium is being modernized at a cost of 1310 million rupees. Two new buildings with storeys each are also under construction. There will also be media and communication booths. The new lighting network and the electronic scoreboard which is being established in the Stadium have been appreciated by the International Cricket Council. After the modernization, the Stadium will have 10 pitches in conformity to international standards.

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[TheNizlan]

GREAT TO HEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thivakar]

it looks exactly same as the old premadasa , then why did they have to demolish and and waste time when pitch was the only concern ?

[BULLBULLI]

@razorhp public place not involed person name..Premadasa or Mahinda they are doing service for peoples but shouldn´t keep their own name.

[razorhp]

@BULLBULLI keththarama or premadasa whats the difference?? 

[BULLBULLI]

Why this madness politics keeping their own name?better this stadium call katarama stadium not Premadasa stadium.This politicians coming to do duty for country they never spend their own money,this should all peoples remember and understand.