T20 World Cup 2024 venues and capacity, including new stadium in New York

The 2024 T20 World Cup in June promises to be truly memorable, and not just because it is a T20 competition. This time, the number of teams competing in the main event has been expanded to accommodate more associate nations.

This time, the number of teams competing in the main event has been expanded to accommodate more associate nations.

This year's tournament will be the largest in T20 World Cup history with 20 teams playing 55 matches across nine venues in the Caribbean and USA.

The tournament, that runs from June 1 to 29, will see 20 teams divided into four groups of five. The top two teams from each group in the opening stage will progress to the Super Eights. There, qualifying teams will be split into two groups of four. From there, the top two teams from each group will make it to the semi-finals.

What will also be unique about this World Cup is the entry of the US as a venue. While cricket has yet to take root in the country due to long-standing administrative issues and logistical problems, the T20 World Cup should jump-start the growth of the game in the vast North American market.

T20 World Cup 2024 venues

The tournament will be spread across nine venues, with the Caribbean hosting the bulk of the matches. However, the traditional cricket stronghold of Jamaica will not be hosting matches as the island nation decided against bidding for World Cup matches. The island also does not feature in the Caribbean Premier League as its franchise has been sold back to the league, with cricket slowly disappearing from its famous shores.

However, a number of matches have been scheduled in the US, including the blockbuster clash between India and Pakistan, which will be held in New York.

Among all the venues, the one in New York is the most interesting as it is not yet completed.

The 34,000-seat modular venue at Nassau County will host eight T20 World Cup matches, including India v Pakistan. Grandstands that were used for the Formula One Las Vegas GP will be repurposed for the venue with work set to commence this month.

Other venues have hosted cricket matches, across different levels. Below are all the venues that will host matches at the T20 World Cup 2024.

USA

Nassau County International Cricket Stadium (New York): 34,000 capacity, 8 matches

Caribbean

Guyana National Stadium (Guyana): 20,000 capacity, 6 matches, including semi-final

Brian Lara Cricket Academy (Trinidad and Tobago): 15,000 capacity, 5 matches, including semi-final

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The smuggler

Eldarir had arrived at JFK in January 2020 with three suitcases, containing goods he valued at $300, when he was directed to a search area.
Officers found 41 gold artefacts among the bags, including amulets from a funerary set which prepared the deceased for the afterlife.
Also found was a cartouche of a Ptolemaic king on a relief that was originally part of a royal building or temple.
The largest single group of items found in Eldarir’s cases were 400 shabtis, or figurines.

Khouli conviction

Khouli smuggled items into the US by making false declarations to customs about the country of origin and value of the items.
According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he provided “false provenances which stated that [two] Egyptian antiquities were part of a collection assembled by Khouli's father in Israel in the 1960s” when in fact “Khouli acquired the Egyptian antiquities from other dealers”.
He was sentenced to one year of probation, six months of home confinement and 200 hours of community service in 2012 after admitting buying and smuggling Egyptian antiquities, including coffins, funerary boats and limestone figures.

For sale

A number of other items said to come from the collection of Ezeldeen Taha Eldarir are currently or recently for sale.
Their provenance is described in near identical terms as the British Museum shabti: bought from Salahaddin Sirmali, "authenticated and appraised" by Hossen Rashed, then imported to the US in 1948.

- An Egyptian Mummy mask dating from 700BC-30BC, is on offer for £11,807 ($15,275) online by a seller in Mexico

- A coffin lid dating back to 664BC-332BC was offered for sale by a Colorado-based art dealer, with a starting price of $65,000

- A shabti that was on sale through a Chicago-based coin dealer, dating from 1567BC-1085BC, is up for $1,950

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T20 World Cup 2024 venues and capacity, including new stadium in New York

A total of 20 teams will play in the expanded tournament across nine venues in the Caribbean and US