Nothing other than your mobile phone with a local active connection can lead you out of the sprawling lawns around the stadium. New York, June 5: Cricket is the last thing on the minds of US citizens, the ones who have no connection with the Indian subcontinent. No matter the event in the vicinity is a World Cup.
Doesn’t matter even if the Indian cricket icons are practising nearby . No excitement, no craze. T he cops on duty at the stadium won’t be able to, or won’t, guide you to the arena where teams practice .
T hey are least bothered about anything that’s cricket. Their only concern and priority is the professional brief that they need to secure the area and only allow authorised persons to wards their designated block s in the stadium . Zero tolerance, no compromises on that front.
A mobile phone with a local active network remains your sole companion and guide. E ven a cab ride cannot be booked without th at . O nly app-based cab service can be called around the Nassau Cricket Stadium in Eisenhower Park, East Meadow, Long Island, a little over 32 miles from New York City.
The closest rail station, on the New Jersey Metro track in Hicksville , is nearly seven miles from the remotely-located match venue – around 11 kilometres to understand the distance better from an Indian perspective. Nothing other than your mobile phone with a local active connection can lead you out of the sprawling lawns around the stadium , amidst an array of roads shadowed by tree branche.
