SportsCrusaer.com has gathered that renovation works has started at the Ho Sports Stadium in the Volta Region of Ghana.

The facility was closed down last week to enable the refurbishment work take place effectively.

The Ho Sports stadium which serves as a regional facility was constructed in 1957 but has since not seen any form of rehabilitation.

The grass on the playing field has over grown, bad drainage system, lack of sitting spaces, cracks in the stands and the poor security to users has been questioned on several occasions when major activities are taking place there.

In a press release by the Volta Regional Sports Authority to announce the closure, Mad Vivian Douglour the acting Regional Sports Director stated that it has become necessary to bring back the stadium to a modern state as its current state is un-befitting hence the closure.

“The Ho sports stadium which was once amount the best sporting facility in the country with the most preferred pitch has gradually become a shadow of its self. The stadium currently the only standard facility in the region and hosts major sporting activities has seen little maintenance to commensurate it usage hence the rapidly deteriorating state. Management of the Volta Regional Sports Authority is highly determined to take steps towards the renovation of the facility so as to improve upon its current state to an appreciable standard for utilization by the populace” she said.

Following the closure of the facility last week, SportsCrudaser.com can authoritatively state that work on the stadium has commenced on Monday, March 16, 2015, and will last for a minimum of 6 months.

It is further understood these works are being carried out with the support of individual and corporate institution whiles the promise made by the ruling government to give another ultra modern stadium to Volta region remains a goose chase.