<p>India will be approached for buying sponsorship rights as part of a 400 million pound redevelopment plan, Keith Bradshaw, chief executive of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which owns Lord’s, told The Times newspaper.<br /><br />Bradshaw told the paper he hoped to sell sponsorship packages to India before exploiting naming rights. He conceded: “That is obviously an option but you reach a point at which you do not want to sell your soul.”<br /><br />But Bradshaw later strenuously denied he will consider selling the naming rights for Lord’s.<br />“I just want to reassure people that there’s no way we would rename Lord’s. It’s the home of cricket, the hallowed turf. It’s not an option at all,” he said.<br /><br />He told the BBC: “It’s something that we wouldn’t consider, and in fact I even have a real problem even considering renaming the stands within the ground that are now dedicated to famous cricketers.<br /><br />The Times, in its main news story of the day, reported that the MCC planned to transform the195-year-old cricket ground into a “21st-century super-stadium” with 7,500 more seats and an underground cricket academy.</p>
<p>India will be approached for buying sponsorship rights as part of a 400 million pound redevelopment plan, Keith Bradshaw, chief executive of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which owns Lord’s, told The Times newspaper.<br /><br />Bradshaw told the paper he hoped to sell sponsorship packages to India before exploiting naming rights. He conceded: “That is obviously an option but you reach a point at which you do not want to sell your soul.”<br /><br />But Bradshaw later strenuously denied he will consider selling the naming rights for Lord’s.<br />“I just want to reassure people that there’s no way we would rename Lord’s. It’s the home of cricket, the hallowed turf. It’s not an option at all,” he said.<br /><br />He told the BBC: “It’s something that we wouldn’t consider, and in fact I even have a real problem even considering renaming the stands within the ground that are now dedicated to famous cricketers.<br /><br />The Times, in its main news story of the day, reported that the MCC planned to transform the195-year-old cricket ground into a “21st-century super-stadium” with 7,500 more seats and an underground cricket academy.</p>