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After years of delays, the Jamaican government says it is closer to establishing entertainment zones where events can be held without disturbing communities and earnings from the entertainment sector can be maximised.
As part of the buildout of the sector, the long-promised, refurbished entertainment venues, Fort Rocky in Port Royal, Kingston, and Jamworld in Portmore, St Catherine, are both expected to host events next month, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange has said.
The minister was responding to criticisms that the Jamaican government was slow in doing its part to provide suitable venues in which events can be held.
For years, there have been calls for permanent entertainment zones, inclusive of venues of various sizes, to capitalise on the popularity of the country’s music and party culture.
Grange, in her Sectoral Debate presentation in June last year, said the government was moving ahead with plans to develop Fort Rocky as a major venue in the Port Royal Entertainment Zone, just east of the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston.