Ireland cancelled visits from Australia in 2024 and Afghanistan this year with Deutrom citing at the time that the prohibitive cost of temporary stadium infrastructure was a key factor in the decisions.
As such, the plans for a permanent and dedicated home are crucial.
The National Cricket Stadium and High Performance Centre, which will be located in the National Sports Campus in Dublin, is to include a main cricket oval with permanent seating for 4,000 spectators with the ability to accommodate additional temporary seating when required.
There are also ambitions to upgrade the existing facilities at Stormont in Belfast too.
“Operationally, suddenly it means hundreds of thousands [of euros] that we would otherwise spend on developing or building temporary infrastructure goes,” added Deutrom.
“So that is number one and number two, you have an asset you can [use] commercially.
“Number three, I’ve always felt the lack of a stadium somehow marked out Irish cricket as a minnow sport. When we have a stadium, you suddenly are bringing people to your home.”
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