The Magic Box is the worst arena in tennis

[marc45]

Originally Posted by ollinger

Two threads in the same forum complaining about Tiriac? Did he molest you when you were a child?

c'mon, throw in a hitler joke too

[r2473]

Originally Posted by marc45

c'mon, throw in a hitler joke too

Hitler was the Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945. During his time in office, he socially and economically reformed Germany after the injustice of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, established the Third Reich (Deutsches Reich), and led Germany as an Axis power through World War II.

Despite these accomplishments, he was most famous for his art and acting talents, as displayed throughout his life and during the European World Tour 1939-1945, when he liberated Poland from Jewish influence, liberated France from incompetent rulers, and liberated Austria from itself. Notably, he also tried to liberate Russia from Communism and Britain from Third World domination, but was unable to do so.

His efforts to promote global tolerance would earn him a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 1939, title as Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” in 1938, and one of People Magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People” for 1943. Additionally, he was leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party and vice president of the Anti-Defamation League for several years, but was removed from this office after it turned out that he didn’t pay his membership fees.

[Wuppy]

I think the grandstand's the best.

[DRII]

Originally Posted by christo

come on, let's face it, who cares? It's the Tiriac freak show. The air fans make more noise than the real fans (who aren't even there) Blue clay? Why not make it ultraviolet and turn all the lights out? It's basically blue Har Tru which is woeful but should make all Americans rejoice, except that no American players can play on clay, even the the handful left in the top 100

Tell that to Isner, who beat your precious Federer in an important D.C. match, or took Nadal to 5 sets at least year's French. Did you forget so quickly ?

But, the see-thru, blue crystal chairs on court was a classy touch .

[chiruanna]

Originally Posted by Shaolin

Give Tiriac a break, he's just trying to do something new, which is something that the sport needs.

I do agree with the blue courts.

But I dont think the sport needs something new....especially now when the popularity of the sport is at an all time high.

Well..WTA needs them maybe...not ATP.

[Wuppy]

Originally Posted by DRII

But, the see-thru, blue crystal chairs on court was a classy touch .

Not just crystal, they're shaped like Hepplewhites!



That IS class!

[fuzz nation]

Originally Posted by El Diablo

Ashe has great atmosphere?? It doesn't even have the best atmosphere on the property. The Grandstand and Armstrong courts at the USO have far more exciting atmosphere, with the crowd up close and everyone feeling right on top of the mayhem.

Beat me to it. I'm a heavy tennis nerd, but I only see that Ashe stadium as an embarrassment. No peons allowed...

[Marius_Hancu]

I am not in love with courts 2 and 3, which are too much in the shadow, as a result of the tall side walls
but I saw center court in sun today and it looked great, really outdoors-looking, the sun covering the stands too

I feel that it's a great accomplishment to have 3 roofed arenas

And I've seen the ball better than in MC, so blue is fine with me