The Brabaourne Stadium is the property of Cricket Club of India and was controlled by the Bombay elite.
I remember they used to control the allotment of tickets and all the revenue collected. CCI had pretty much control over everything, till the Wankhede stadium was built in 1975. Mr. Wankhede, then the Speaker of the Maharashtra assembly was the boss at Bombay Cricket Association and he used his clout to punish CCI for its non-compromising stance. I believe that in reality, Mumbai did not need two large stadiums within a kilometer of each other! It was sheer stupidity and egos that led to this. It might have been Vijay Merchant v/s Wankhede. I am not sure if Mr. Anthony De Mello was around when all this happened. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankhede_Stadium Naguesh Bhatcar [email protected] > AGENCIES > MUMBAI, DEC 1 > On Monday it was Anthony de Mello’s birth anniversary. He is truly one of the > greatest Goans. > While <<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Sad enough, the one which is still the most magnificent > among them all, and stands as a monument to the visionary Anthony, who > started it all, the Brabourne Stadium, has only a secondary role to > play these days, picking an odd, unwanted international match to > justify its existence. >
