Sandeep Bhammer, chief executive of the Somerset Entertainment Ventures group which is the main organizer of SLPL along with SLC said in an interview that they are very excited about the prospects of the tournament and the benifits it will generates to the country and its economy,
"We are very excited,We are going to see the culmination and fruition of two years of hard work to deliver a world-class tournament in Sri Lanka."
He further said "It is going to generate almost 580 million Sri Lanka rupees of annual income for the Sri Lankan economy," In view of other financial benifits he added,
"In addition to that, there is going to be almost 130 million rupees coming in from hotel accommodation alone. There is a lot of employment that will be created.
"There are franchise owners who are coming and commentators, production crews and tourists."
Bhammer said Sri Lanka had been starved of international recognition for too long.
"This is really Sri Lanka's time to bask in glory and we believe the world really needs to take notice of this beautiful island nation which has been so good to cricket in terms of delivering some of the finest talent," he added.
"It's time for the world to give back to Sri Lanka what Sri Lanka has given the rest of the world," wound up Bhammer .
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