NGC denies sponsoring concert at Queen’s Park Oval

The Na­tion­al Gas Com­pa­ny of Trinidad and To­ba­go Lim­it­ed (NGC) says it did not spon­sor a con­cert held on Sat­ur­day at the Queen’s Park Oval, de­spite claims cir­cu­lat­ing on so­cial me­dia.

In a state­ment is­sued to­day, the com­pa­ny said it be­came aware of posts and im­ages sug­gest­ing it spon­sored the May 2 event, but stat­ed this was not the case.

NGC said it has not spon­sored any con­cert or event held at the venue, and the sug­ges­tion ap­pears to have arisen from NGC-brand­ed sig­nage vis­i­ble near the stage.

The com­pa­ny ex­plained that the sig­nage was part of a long­stand­ing com­mer­cial arrange­ment with the Queen’s Park Crick­et Club (QPCC), un­der which NGC fa­cil­i­tat­ed the pur­chase and in­stal­la­tion of a dig­i­tal re­play screen in ex­change for a leased cor­po­rate box and brand­ing rights on the screen.

NGC said the agree­ment with QPCC last­ed more than 12 years and was ter­mi­nat­ed in Sep­tem­ber 2025. It added that the arrange­ment is un­re­lat­ed to any events host­ed at the fa­cil­i­ty.

The com­pa­ny said it is now mak­ing arrange­ments to re­move its sig­nage and brand­ing from the Queen’s Park Oval.