Daraine Luton & Keisha Hill, Gleaner Writers 
India's cricketers celebrate after beating the West Indies by 49 runs on day three of the fourth Test match at Sabina Park last month. India won the series 1-0. - Junior Dowie/Staff Photographer
EXCEPT FOR the noise at Sabina Park caused by the construction of the new North Stand, Campbell Town is dead no painting of business places; no clearing of general yard space; nothing. It seems the residents are yet to catch the Cricket World Cup fever, even though it is just 243 days away.
Are you planning to make some money out of Cricket World Cup when it comes? enquires The Sunday Gleaner of a resident who lives less than a stone's throw away from Sabina Park's back gate.
"Yes, I plan to but I don't know how as yet," replies 51-year-old Rastafarian Delroy Jenkinson. For now he is fiddling with the idea of selling pieces of craft and Bob Marley items, but he is not sure.
MONEY RESERVOIR
Mr. Jenkinson is not alone. Several other Campbell Town residents tells The Sunday Gleaner they have hopes of tapping into Cricket World Cup's money reservoir but they don't know how to do so.
Some 30,000 visitors are expected in the island for the six first-round matches, including the opening ceremony on March 13 and one semi-final on March 24. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of these visitors will pass through Allman Town.
But pub operator Milton Tate has no plans to expand or refurbish his drinking spot even though thousands of World Cup fans will stroll past his business place daily.
"Not now. I can't make such plans without knowledge of what the restrictions will be like. We know there will be restrictions, but we don't know how they will affect us.
"Nobody has said anything to us about it. We just know the World Cup is coming," says Tate, whose establishment is located in Campbell Town.
This is one of four small communities in the broader Allman Town, central Kingston. It shares the area with Allman Town proper, Woodford Park and Kingston Gardens.
The general area is served by the Greater Allman Town Citizens' Association, a body that has devised a development plan for the communities. And although some residents have not yet figured out how they will make money out of Cricket World Cup 2007, the Allman Town Community Development Committee has a vision.
ENTERTAINMENT PAVILION
The entire perimeter of the area known as Banana Board, which is bounded by North, East, West and South avenues will be fitted with black, green and gold-painted vending stalls.
An open lot has been earmarked as an entertainment pavilion, while a lot on East Avenue will host the sanitary facilities.
"We believe that the World Cup offers serious opportunities for us and we are doing everything that is necessary to benefit when it comes," says Tamara Reynolds, president of the Campbell Town Citizens' Association and community development consultant.
With National Heroes' Park set to be a park-and-ride location, the Allman Town Plaza could rake in hundreds of thousands of dollars. With parking not provided in the immediate vicinity of Sabina Park, the park-and-ride allows people to park vehicles and get to Sabina Park in a quick, reliable and sporting-friendly manner. This means human traffic for Allman Town and possibly lots of spending money.
"We have invited and continue to invite the community to share in this vision one that I know we can all benefit from, but we are not getting the sort of response we are looking for," Ms. Reynolds says.
Several Allman Town residents have signed up for the bed and breakfast programme.
