The Port Moresby Australian Football League (AFL) Association and all the clubs registered under it are looking forward to the day when work starts on the proposed new AFL stadium at the current Colts Oval at the Bisini Sports precinct.
The Association President Mr. Douglas Lai confirmed as well that K10 million was allocated by the government towards the construction of this proposed new stadium.
“At the moment we are waiting for formalities to take place before the actual construction starts at the oval,” said the president.
The president said that so far, the team from AFL PNG and the team from the Sports Foundation and the ministry of sports visited the Colts oval, inspected it, and did some initial surveys before going away.
At present there is no word yet on the official groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of the construction phase of the new stadium, but it is hoped that work will take place this year.
The current status of the Colts oval is pretty much a plain area with no proper stands for fans to view matches and it does not even have a proper match officials box.
However, with the new stadium the president said it should have all the proper facilities to host matches, something which they are looking forward to.
Meanwhile, Sports Minister Don Polye said that the K10 million funding for the construction of the new stadium, was made available by the National Government through Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited, Papua New Guinea’s petroleum company.