TheGhostOfAgassi
Talk Tennis Guru
One thing is for sure, people in this forum don't like when things change, yet they scream for changes all the time 
Miami Moving to Hard Rock Stadium...
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Bartelby
Bionic Poster
Everyone has different opinions, but this change doesn't win any aesthetic points.
One thing is for sure, people in this forum don't like when things change, yet they scream for changes all the time
Legend of Borg
G.O.A.T.
so what happens to crandon park and the existing courts there?
Power Player
Bionic Poster
The argument is that it is a public park and does not need the 50 million investment to bring it up to spec. Locals have a different belief about the real motives that I won't get into on here.
It should remain a public park. But having a stadium that big in the middle will be pointless unless they start hosting more collegiate and Jr. events. Problem is that the USTA training Center is right up the road in Orlando and is taking a lot of those now.
BounceHitBounceHit
Legend
Have you played at the new USTA facility? I understand it’s in a direct flight path from the airport?
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Power Player
Bionic Poster
Yeah played there a few times. It is near the airport but I personally never had any issues.
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
It would probably be cheaper to pull down the stadium than to maintain it, although it probably doesn't need too much work in the short to medium term.
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
I play near a busy road sometimes and I can't hear the player at the other end, so it's very irritating.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Do they offer tennis lessons at the USTA center here? I might go
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Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
Why weird? What’s wrong in trying to turn tennis players into rockstars?So weird for me.
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Musterrific
Hall of Fame
Typically American - a facility surrounded by an ocean of parking. Utterly lame.
EloQuent
Legend
What exactly is the problem?
Tshooter
G.O.A.T.
That's their thing !
Tshooter
G.O.A.T.
Miami-Dade voters were close to 70% in favor of the expansion, as I recall. Miami-Dade should respond to Matheson's aggression and remove the Rickenbacker Causeway so he can concentrate on his alleged environmental concerns. He can get a good taste of the local climate at the next Rotary Club meeting without the Causeway.
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
Voters don't trump property rights and Matheson has rights as the person who manages the bequest and he did well to insist on a modest expansion, but IMG wanted a big expansion.
So we now have the gargantuan Hard Rock solution, but as almost all of us will not be attending does it really matter? IMG alone is at fault here.
So we now have the gargantuan Hard Rock solution, but as almost all of us will not be attending does it really matter? IMG alone is at fault here.
MasturB
Legend
Eminent domain.
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
It is already in the public domain, but managed as a bequest by Matheson.
In any event, eminent domain has mostly been used as a form of legalised theft, so if it were available I'm sure the crooks would have used it.
Let's be realistic, it matters very little if the tennis is played in an attractive place or a car park so it's better to preserve a beautiful and environmentally-sensitive spot.
In any event, eminent domain has mostly been used as a form of legalised theft, so if it were available I'm sure the crooks would have used it.
Let's be realistic, it matters very little if the tennis is played in an attractive place or a car park so it's better to preserve a beautiful and environmentally-sensitive spot.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
You live in america?
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Nothing, it was a very non-loaded question. I hardly care about disagreeing with you in the past.
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
Jackuar
Hall of Fame
I think they should do 4 matches at once considering the large stadium. In fact, for semi-s and finals, they can do both WTA and ATP matches together.
On further thoughts, I think they should do a ATP slam, WTA slam, and a ATP 250 in parallel for the other participants who are out of slam week 1 / challengers / journeymen etc. It will give the lower ranked players an opportunity to share the light and crowd support.
If I'm allowed to run wild with imaginations, I think they should also do couple of exhos with past players / bikini models / billionaire sponsors etc. play in parallel to the main tourney.
Imagine this. 4 courts at the same time inside the stadium.
Fed vs Nadal final
Serena vs Sharapova final
Tomic vs Coric 1 st rd ATP 250 - Tomic will get that extra motivation to tank in front of 60k+ crowd.
McEnroe vs Safin or Graf vs Kournikova...
On further thoughts, I think they should do a ATP slam, WTA slam, and a ATP 250 in parallel for the other participants who are out of slam week 1 / challengers / journeymen etc. It will give the lower ranked players an opportunity to share the light and crowd support.
If I'm allowed to run wild with imaginations, I think they should also do couple of exhos with past players / bikini models / billionaire sponsors etc. play in parallel to the main tourney.
Imagine this. 4 courts at the same time inside the stadium.
Fed vs Nadal final
Serena vs Sharapova final
Tomic vs Coric 1 st rd ATP 250 - Tomic will get that extra motivation to tank in front of 60k+ crowd.
McEnroe vs Safin or Graf vs Kournikova...
ibbi
G.O.A.T.
Sadly, one does not simply walk into Wimbledon.
BounceHitBounceHit
Legend
I can't be the only one that thinks this looks like heaven on earth. Sad day.
It’s a very unique and beautiful venue
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MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
There's no help for some people. Whatever man.
Tshooter
G.O.A.T.
Why exactly would it be pointless ?
Arthur Ashe stadium is used 3 weeks a year and then closed. AA is inside a public park and visible outside of it too.
Power Player
Bionic Poster
Arthur Ashe also hosts the US Open each year. Crandon will not be hosting much at all now.
Tshooter
G.O.A.T.
I think I misunderstood you. You must have meant why keep that big stadium up with no tournament. That's a fair point. I thought you meant why expand it for the tournament.
I have such a well curated ignore list I sometimes miss the gist of a post when it is in the context of other posts I don't see.
A.A. doesn't merely host the US Open -- that's it's function. It has only rarely been used outside of the US Open and not for tennis that I'm aware of.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
and what is up with court color Teal ??? Ugly color, sick
