(AP Photo/LM Otero)Īs with many things, money is the key, and co-founder Sameer Mehta said investors behind the initial $120 million aren’t expecting to turn a profit for several years, if then. I thought, ‘We can do this.'” The Texas Super Kings and Los Angeles Knight Riders compete in a Major League Cricket match in Grand Prairie, Texas, Thursday, July 13, 2023.
I got goose bumps when I first came in here. “We’re in the middle of Dallas and we’ve got a cricket ground. “Some days I think we’re crazy,” tournament director Justin Geale said. The 7,000-seat stadium is in Grand Prairie, not far from where the Cowboys - America’s Team, remember - play in front of 90,000-plus eight or nine times every fall under a retractable roof with a giant video board hanging over the field. This unusual confluence comes during the debut of Major League Cricket, which is hoping to find a foothold for one of the world’s most popular sports in a sports-mad country that knows little about the “other” bat-and-ball game.īecause of a willing partner happy to see a fading minor league baseball stadium turned into one of the few legitimate cricket pitches in the country, the league made its start in Texas, famous for the Friday night lights of high school football. A couple had ballcaps of two of the biggest brands in the United States - the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys and Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees. professional cricket league near Dallas.įans waved the flags of the Texas Super Kings and the LA Knight Riders, with some wearing the jerseys of their favorite countries or clubs overseas.
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - “Deep in the Heart of Texas” blared from the speakers during a timeout a few days into the debut of a U.S.
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