Jodhpur stadium is getting renovated these days. There was a budget of 20 crore rupees by State Government. Jodhpur Developmental Authority and Rajasthan Cricket Association are the parties involved. Their aim is to get IPL type match in Jodhpur.
Cricket associations are normally very reluctant to share facilities with other sports. Few exceptions- Barabati Stadium in Cuttack and Nehru Stadium of Guwahati
Rajasthan United FC needs to promote themselves in Rajasthan also.
For example two biggest newspapers - Rajasthan Patrika and Dainik Bhaskar never carried any news about this club. They need to promote it at Press Club and various youth events.
Jo Dikhta hai, wahi bikta hai
Cricket is a very popular sport, still when IPL Rajasthan Franchise was launched starts like Shilpa Shetty were promoting it at Malls of Jaipur. Even a Restaurant will rope in Saas Bahu TV Star for inaugration.
Well, It does not cost much to build a 5k seater stadium. If Rajasthan United are spending upwards of 3Cr, they could spend a bit more/ have private equity partnerships with corporate to build stadiums. Private ownership of stadium is the way to go. Having an own stadium is a must in modern day football. Relying on state associations and their infrastructure is a bad bet.
If they have a stadium in Jodhpur, than why not set up their base there itself. Jodhpur has Airport, Hotels and can surely get residential facilities for their players and staff. Jaipur is not going to get a stadium in 2 months and the situation is not going to change for a few years. They just have to accept it and set up their base in Jodhpur. And who knows, it turns out be be like Coimbatore for Chennai City.
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Jodhpur stadium is getting renovated these days. There was a budget of 20 crore rupees by State Government. Jodhpur Developmental Authority and Rajasthan Cricket Association are the parties involved. Their aim is to get IPL type match in Jodhpur.
Cricket associations are normally very reluctant to share facilities with other sports.
Few exceptions- Barabati Stadium in Cuttack and Nehru Stadium of Guwahati