Those who might venture to have a look inside the Ta’ Qali National Stadium during these hot summer days will notice that the place is a veritable beehive of activity.

A host of workmen are engaged in refurbishing the stands and the area around the pitch to make the place more comfortable for spectators and more pleasing to the eye.

Despite the intense heat, all the personnel commissioned by the MFA to carry out this work are doing so at a steady pace. In fact, a cursory glance around the stadium will show that the place has taken on a new look even if work is still in progress.

New seats in the North and South Stands are being installed while sheeting of artificial turf is being rolled around the perimeter of the pitch. The gravel was first smoothened by heavy rollers to render the surface even throughout.

The carpet of artificial turf around the stadium track and behind the goals will undoubtedly give a new lease of life to the stadium, and when this work is completed the arid sight surrounding the pitch will be a thing of the past.

Even the playing area is being extended and this is being done within the parameters of the international specifications of the football pitch.

It is expected that this stadium upgrading and other work in and around the dressing rooms underneath the West Stand will be completed shortly, and definitely in time for the new BOV Premier League season which kicks off next month.