Next month the Super Series finals are to move to a new home at the Queen's Club in West London.
The Finals have mostly been held in recent years at Broadgate Arena behind Liverpool Street station in the City. Since the arrival of ATCO boss Ziad Al-Turki as the Chairman of the PSA board, the men's tour has been looking for increasingly prestigious venues to boost its profile.
The Queen's Club is probably best know as the venue for the Stella Artois Tennis Championships which traditionally provide a grass court warm-up before Wimbledon.
A good thing? Broadgate may have attracted passing City workers, but was it too small, too hidden away? Will Queen's Club bring better facilities for players and spectators and greater media attention to the event? Or might it suggest that squash is still the preserve of the private members' club?
You decide. Have your say by voting in the poll to the right of the page ...
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I think it's difficult to say whether it's a good thing or not yet until we actually play the tournament.
ReplyDeleteSeveral thoughts struck me - it's a different format this time, it's over a weekend and the final's night is nearly sold out already, so are we not comparing apples with pears?
I went to the Broadgate last year and was disappointed with the location (quite tricky to find and not at all well signposted) and the surroundings in as much as there was a big football match on the Wednesday night and the surrounding bars generated a lot of noise. having said that it is logistically easier to get to than Queens Club (for me at any rate).
Jury is out for me, but I would say the "exclusivity" issue is a red herring because not enough people know the event is even taking place, far less where.
I think it's difficult to say whether it's a good thing or not yet until we actually play the tournament.
ReplyDeleteSeveral thoughts struck me - it's a different format this time, it's over a weekend and the final's night is nearly sold out already, so are we not comparing apples with pears?
I went to the Broadgate last year and was disappointed with the location (quite tricky to find and not at all well signposted) and the surroundings in as much as there was a big football match on the Wednesday night and the surrounding bars generated a lot of noise. having said that it is logistically easier to get to than Queens Club (for me at any rate).
Jury is out for me, but I would say the "exclusivity" issue is a red herring because not enough people know the event is even taking place, far less where.
the venue has always been difficult to find. It does not attract as many peiople as it should as it is not visible enough and not enough of the people around there know it is going on
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