LETTER: Fairy Tale Sports Complex Would Cost YOU Billions

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UPP Concept Illustration of sports complex (photo courtesy Hon. Kelvin ‘Shugy’ Simon)

The UPP’s new AI image “sports complex” looks nice on paper – an arena, stadiums, Olympic pool – but projects like that cost serious money. We’re talking billions of dollars. So the obvious question is: who’s paying for it?

Does that mean higher taxes? More borrowing? Or cutting back on things people actually need like affordable housing, road construction, water infrastructure, and basic services?

What’s hard to ignore is that this is coming from a party that can’t seem to keep itself together. The UPP is constantly fighting among themselves. If they can’t run a party, how are they going to manage something this big?

At the same time, the ABLP already announced a fund and sensible Cricket West Indies High-Performance Campus at Coolidge – a phased project with a clear purpose: training, jobs, sports tourism, and real economic activity.

That feels like the difference. ABLP has a plan and a way to pay for it. The UPP offering a fairy tale that if implemented would mean higher taxes, more borrowing or cut services for you.

We all want better sports facilities. But we also need honesty about what things cost – and leadership that knows how to set priorities.

This story was first published by Antigua News on : antigua.news/2026/04/24/letter-fairy-tale-sports-complex-would-cost-you-billions. © 2026 Antigua News. Republication without permission is not allowed.

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Comments (6)

  • Good April 24, 2026, 3:35 PM

    Good Ideas millionaires will jump on this as beautiful as Antigua is Attract people from all over the world
    Reply
  • Ok April 24, 2026, 3:40 PM

    We can host big games and make millions more jobs especially off season.
    Reply
  • Hi Antigua April 24, 2026, 3:42 PM

    Visionaries we cannot just keep relying on tourism
    Reply
  • Comb April 24, 2026, 8:50 PM

    Seem these ABLP writtets more obsessed with UPP than anything else ive see
    Reply
  • Informed citizen April 24, 2026, 9:22 PM

    And here was i thinking that the election was about development and not bashing lol
    Reply
  • Ahwahwi April 25, 2026, 4:50 PM

    I believe the ABLP is jealous of the UPP and they absolutely do not need to be
    Reply

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