In another move signifying the ICC's intent to speed up the growth of cricket in the United States of America, ICC head of global development Tim Anderson announced on Friday that the ICC Americas regional office will be relocating later this year from Toronto to Colorado Springs, Colorado.
"The ICC Americas Office has been based in Toronto, Canada for many years. The historic reasons for this have largely been based around convenience as opposed to strategy, with previous regional development managers being from Toronto," Anderson wrote in a letter to US stakeholders.
The ICC office was shared with Cricket Canada until 2015. When Cricket Canada moved out of their shared Toronto facility, the ICC office rented out a temporary space at the Rogers Centre, home of baseball's Toronto Blue Jays. "These circumstances, together with the strong strategic desire for the ICC to see cricket develop more rapidly in the USA, resulted in the ICC Executive Committee and Board agreeing in October 2015 that the ICC Americas office should be moved to the USA," Anderson said.
"The ICC Americas Office has been based in Toronto, Canada for many years. The historic reasons for this have largely been based around convenience as opposed to strategy, with previous regional development managers being from Toronto," Anderson wrote in a letter to US stakeholders.
The ICC office was shared with Cricket Canada until 2015. When Cricket Canada moved out of their shared Toronto facility, the ICC office rented out a temporary space at the Rogers Centre, home of baseball's Toronto Blue Jays. "These circumstances, together with the strong strategic desire for the ICC to see cricket develop more rapidly in the USA, resulted in the ICC Executive Committee and Board agreeing in October 2015 that the ICC Americas office should be moved to the USA," Anderson said.