{"id":3694,"date":"2023-10-27T21:42:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T01:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/wimbledon-okd-for-expansion-that-includes-new-stadium-38-courts\/27\/10\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-10-27T21:42:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T01:42:04","slug":"wimbledon-okd-for-expansion-that-includes-new-stadium-38-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/wimbledon-okd-for-expansion-that-includes-new-stadium-38-courts\/27\/10\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Wimbledon OK&#8217;d for expansion that includes new stadium, 38 courts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WIMBLEDON, England &#8212; The All England Club&#8217;s plan to build an 8,000-seat stadium and 38 other courts at Wimbledon that would allow the Grand Slam to hold its qualifying tournament on site has won approval from a local planning council.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion would take place on the former site of Wimbledon Park Golf Club, which the All England Club bought in 2018. The Merton Council&#8217;s planning committee approved the proposal on Thursday night, the council said Friday.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2023%2F0630%2Fr1192243_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2023%2F0630%2Fr1192243_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2023%2F0630%2Fr1192243_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2023%2F0630%2Fr1192243_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">A Wimbledon expansion would take place on the former site of Wimbledon Park Golf Club, which the All England Club bought in 2018.\u00a0<cite>Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Unlike the other three majors, qualifying for Wimbledon is currently held offsite &#8211; in nearby Roehampton.<\/p>\n<p>The plan would allow up to 10,000 fans per day for the qualifying tournament. Club officials estimate the courts being ready by 2030 at the earliest.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed stadium includes a retractable roof, giving Wimbledon a new show court.<\/p>\n<p>The plan still faces local opposition as well as additional approvals. The planning committee of the Wandsworth Council is currently reviewing it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/38756320\/wimbledon-okd-expansion-includes-new-stadium-38-courts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WIMBLEDON, England &mdash; The All England Club&rsquo;s plan to build an 8,000-seat stadium and 38 other courts at Wimbledon that would allow<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/wimbledon-okd-for-expansion-that-includes-new-stadium-38-courts\/27\/10\/2023\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[2363,2376,2409,2408,2185,2361],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3694"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3696,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3694\/revisions\/3696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}