Davis cup QF venue

EddietheEagle · County player

RE: Davis cup QF venue

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

Personally I don't think Queens will generate the right atmosphere and think Eastbourne would be better venue - plenty of affordable hotels for fans . But sounds like Queens already decided on !

Shhh · Challenger level

"If" a grass court was to be laid in Scotland.........could it not be used to stage a challenger event afterwards (along with supporting courts of course) with the event promoted like hell to those attending the Cup tie?

indiana · Tennis legend

GBJ, my concern re ticketing is the sort that Eddie expressed that if it is Queen's they might insist that a large batch go to their members and maybe even friends of members. Davis Cup is not and should not be a social club event, it is a loud partisan event.

I gather that what largely made the Glasgow atmosphere is that such a large proportion of the crowd were joining in the loud partisan support. The LTA need really to have a similar open ticket process as for Glasgow to hope to get a similar atmosphere.

Wimbledon was largely transformed in atmosphere for the Olympics, so I believe Queen's could be for the Davis Cup if they avoid significant members and corporates ( who I think it is a fair guess would not in general contribute greatly to the ideal Davis Cup atmosphere ).

philwrig · Hall of fame

I'm sure Queen's will make for a great venue with an amazing atmosphere, but having experienced Glasgow first hand, I suspect it'll take some topping.

huntley93 · Strong Club Player

Shhh wrote:
"If" a grass court was to be laid in Scotland.........could it not be used to stage a challenger event afterwards (along with supporting courts of course) with the event promoted like hell to those attending the Cup tie?

the only problem with that is that for the challenger i am guessing 5 or 6 other grass courts will need to be built and after the event they are most likley to go unused for 90% of the year

EddietheEagle · County player

Indoors and outdoors will always allow a different kind of atmosphere to be generated. Queens will be pretty good too. I don't think there's anything particularly snobby or exclusive about the club.

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

huntley93 wrote:
Shhh wrote:
"If" a grass court was to be laid in Scotland.........could it not be used to stage a challenger event afterwards (along with supporting courts of course) with the event promoted like hell to those attending the Cup tie?
the only problem with that is that for the challenger i am guessing 5 or 6 other grass courts will need to be built and after the event they are most likley to go unused for 90% of the year

Good idea although for Davis cup can get away with 2 courts not enough for a challenger

EddietheEagle · County player

Three match courts required plus a minimum of two practice courts.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

The Beeb seems to think it will be Queen's.

A131 · Intermediate Club Player

EddietheEagle wrote:
The Queens management will be negotiating to obtain the maximum number of tickets for their members, thus keeping numbers of riff raff attending down to a bearable minimum.

I don't think it's realistic to build a one-off grass court in Scotland and catering-wise we can expect a better class of sandwich at Queens.

It's basically a done deal as far as the venue is concerned.

That's quite funny that Ed - made me laugh - particularly the comment about keeping riff raff down to a minimum and better class of sandwich!!

Oakland2002 · All-time great

I went to a retirement do there this winter. Sandwiches top notch!

Jaffa · Challenger level

I'd bloody well hope so too!!

A131 · Intermediate Club Player

Oakland2002 wrote:
I went to a retirement do there this winter. Sandwiches top notch!

Any riff raff there?!!

-- Edited by A131 on Monday 23rd of March 2015 11:06:50 PM

Oakland2002 · All-time great

I wouldn't mess with bar staff.