This is the view from on high in Antigua’s new cricket stadium:

Between gloomy weather, surly security people, an ill-conceived park-&-ride system that is far more park than ride, and a deeply disappointing West Indies team to cheer for, by the afternoon of only the second game here, sometimes it looked like there were more sheep and goats wandering about than cricket fans.

Most depressing couple of hours I’ve spent around a sporting ground of any kind in years.

I know exactly zero about local politics, but even with massive Chinese investment (something you see everywhere in the Caribbean), I can’t imagine how Antigua can afford this mistake. They just moved one of their downtown’s main attractions to the hard-to-reach middle of nowhere. How that helps the economy here I have no idea. I may be completely wrong, but it sure looks like somebody in power here should be facing serious consequences.

Just sad.

This is the view from on high in Antigua’s new cricket stadium:

Between gloomy weather, surly security people, an ill-conceived park-&-ride system that is far more park than ride, and a deeply disappointing West Indies team to cheer for, by the afternoon of only the second game here, sometimes it looked like there were more sheep and goats wandering about than cricket fans.

Most depressing couple of hours I’ve spent around a sporting ground of any kind in years.

I know exactly zero about local politics, but even with massive Chinese investment (something you see everywhere in the Caribbean), I can’t imagine how Antigua can afford this mistake. They just moved one of their downtown’s main attractions to the hard-to-reach middle of nowhere. How that helps the economy here I have no idea. I may be completely wrong, but it sure looks like somebody in power here should be facing serious consequences.

Just sad.

This is the view from on high in Antigua’s new cricket stadium:

Between gloomy weather, surly security people, an ill-conceived park-&-ride system that is far more park than ride, and a deeply disappointing West Indies team to cheer for, by the afternoon of only the second game here, sometimes it looked like there were more sheep and goats wandering about than cricket fans.

Most depressing couple of hours I’ve spent around a sporting ground of any kind in years.

I know exactly zero about local politics, but even with massive Chinese investment (something you see everywhere in the Caribbean), I can’t imagine how Antigua can afford this mistake. They just moved one of their downtown’s main attractions to the hard-to-reach middle of nowhere. How that helps the economy here I have no idea. I may be completely wrong, but it sure looks like somebody in power here should be facing serious consequences.

Just sad.

Meet two members of the Royal Scotch Guard, whose uniforms never need cleaning:

Don’t ask what’s in the groin-level fanny pack deals. Unless you’re up for a Justin Timberlake thing.

In which case, you might need some ScotchGuard of your own.

PS — yes, I know the fanny pack is technically called a sporran.  But it’s still a fanny pack.  That’s what sporrans are.