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Friday, 10 March 2006 |
Lawn Tennis Association to sell Queen's Club
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) looks set to be selling Queen's Club
to members of the west London complex for £45m and conditional terms
have been agreed for the sale, in spite of opposition from a small
number of club members.
The minority have questioned the LTA's right to put the historic club
up for sale, which is home of the Stella Artois Championships.
The LTA, which bought Queen's in 1953, wants to sell the club on a
120-year lease, but it must get confirmation of ownership from the High
Court first.
In a statement the LTA stated: "The proposed sale to the members
secures the future of racket sports, grass courts and the pre-Wimbledon
Stella Artois Championships at its west London home and is in the best
long-term interests of British tennis and the Queen's Club."
Queen's Club will be sold on the basis that it will keep a rackets club
and that the Stella Artois Championships or any future tournament will
still be held there.
The LTA is moving its headquarters by early 2007 to a new state-of-the-art tennis academy in Roehampton.
"Moving to our new National Tennis Centre is an integral part of our
plans for finding and developing future British tennis champions," said
LTA chief executive John Crowther.
Queen's Club has 29 outdoor courts and also boasts 10 indoor lawn
tennis courts, two real tennis courts, two rackets courts, three squash
courts, a gymnasium and a physiotherapy suite.
Proceeds from selling the club will be put back into the long-term development of British tennis.
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