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The Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, the most emblematic tennis scene in the country, and Tennium, the company that owns the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires, commercially called the Argentina Open, reached a valuable agreement for the continuity of the Buenos Aires tournament and also to project, with more certainties, the chance that the event will make a leap in quality in the future, a upgrade to category 500, as has been mentioned for some time.
The BALTC and the company based in Barcelona, in our country represented by Altenis, renewed the “partnership” for ten years. Thus, the BALTC ensures that it will host the tournament, at least, until 2033. The agreement between both parties had ended last February, after the title of the Spanish and current number one, Carlitos Alcaraz, who already promised to return to the tournament next year. next.
The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, last champion of the Argentina OpenAlvarez Julian
By tradition, geographical location, access and transportation, the ATP – the body that manages the professional men’s tennis circuit – wants the Buenos Aires tournament to continue physically at the BALTC, but to continue giving official endorsement, the body is demanding a series of spare parts in the infrastructure of a central stadium that, in 2026, will reach its centenary and presents limitations. This requirement reached the negotiation table between the different actors and progress will be made. For Tennium, which landed in the tournament in 2017 with the idea of ”modernizing the event”, it is also good news to have reached a broader agreement than it had with the BALTC: it allows it to project more.
In this way, the BALTC and Tennis agreed on several renovations in the Tennis Cathedral: the changing rooms will be redesigned with direct access to the court; a new VIP room will be built, about 500 square meters; new refrigeration systems will be installed; two public bathrooms (ladies and gentlemen) that needed such treatment will be refurbished; Work will be done on the exterior floors of the stadium (perimeter ring and access streets) and transmission booths for the media (the current ones were inaugurated in 1988 and have shortcomings).
The Cathedral of Argentine tennis: the central court of the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis ClubTwitter / @Argentina
Work will begin next Monday and will last for about five months. The work will be financed by Altenis, which will take care of the club’s proportional. The 2024 Buenos Aires ATP is scheduled for the week of February 12. Before, also at the BALTC as the venue, the Davis Cup series between Argentina and Lithuania is confirmed, on September 16 and 17, but the work will not be an obstacle. WTA 125 in Buenos Aires, which is also organized by Tennium, is scheduled for November and will be played at the Tenis Club Argentino, in Palermo.
The long-term agreement between the club and the company that owns the date of the Buenos Aires ATP is, among other aspects, an invitation to continue advancing in the chance of a hierarchy growth: move from the ATP 250, the lowest category of the circuit , to 500 (by 2025?). For this to happen, various factors need to come together, not just the economic ones of an unstable country. To grow, the tournament will need more space and infrastructure. The central court has a capacity for five thousand spectators and, with a tubular structure, could be expanded. Yes, a second stadium would be needed, with some 1,300 seats, which could also be assembled, but it is necessary to provide more space on the grounds.
The work of a “canchero” on the central court of the BALTC, during an edition in which the tubular tribune was placedEmiliano Lasalvia – LA NACION
It is worth remembering that the Argentina Open, in a certain way, closes the political gap: the national government, through “Visit Argentina” (Ministry of Tourism and Sports), and the Buenos Aires government, from BA Buenos Aires City, are two of the most of 30 sponsors that it has. The time has come to continue the talks for the potential upgradeat the same negotiating table there must be the representatives of the tournament, of both governments and of the BALTC, which rents the facilities to the event.
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2023-07-28 13:47:00
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