Well-heeled cricket fans will soon be able to enjoy the game from a smart hotel, eating at a Marco Pierre restaurant and relaxing later with a round of golf - all in the leafy surroundings of Hampshire. Who is behind this lotus-eating lifestyle choice for the modern cricket lover? The owners and investors in this upmarket venture are none other than Eastleigh BC. Why would a district council decide that the future lies in developing an 175-room hotel at the Aegeas Bowl, home of Hampshire County Cricket Club? Council leader Keith House is in no doubt. 'Quite a lot of councils are cautious about these things,' he says. 'But we took the view way back in 2008-09 that we had no option but to look at other ways of raising money.
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