Wimbledon Court One - Celebration and Roof Opening testing

[Sallydaisy]

Wimbledon plans a celebration, just as it did for the Centre Court, with a televised event.

They've signed up John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova so far ...

Tickets are by ballot only. Read full story here (http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2019-01-09/navratilova_and_mcenroe_headline_no1_court_celebra tion.html), extract below:-


The event, a special exhibition of tennis and music, will test the new No.1 Court roof and air management system, showcasing live tennis in front of a capacity crowd of over 12,000, with proceeds from ticket sales donated to the Wimbledon Foundation, the official charity of the Club and The Championships, and the charities chosen by the participating players.



Ticketing for the event will be conducted via online ballot. Information regarding the ballot process will be available via wimbledon.com/No1CourtCelebration (http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/about_wimbledon/no1_court_celebration.html) from Thursday 17 January. Registrations for the ballot will be open for a two-week period with a maximum of two tickets per ballot offer. The ticket price of £110 also includes free entry into the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum on any day between Sunday 19 May and Saturday 29 June 2019 upon presentation of tickets. There will be no on-day sales at the turnstiles.

[goldfish]

That's expensive!

[Jan]

Indeed! I was half considering it until I saw the price.

[Teresa]

Indeed! I was half considering it until I saw the price.

True, but depends on whose playing.

[JAMES4578]

I've checked and tickets for the Centre Court Celebration in 2009 were only £35 (was online/telephone sales that time) though I recall the corporates had the far better seats. Having said that I just might consider it (no guarantee of being succcessful but probably more chance in this ballot and while since I've been to SW19)

[themass15]

I was away last time and will be away this too but seem to remember it was only retired players - Agassi, Graff, Henman and, before she made her comeback, Clijsters. Guess it will depend on what tournaments are going on but it is during the clay season - would Andy consider it.....?

[JAMES4578]

I ended up not entering the ballot for the No1 court Celebration,found it a bit offputting that payment would be taken within 2 days of ballot being drawn.

[lovetennis]

I've checked and tickets for the Centre Court Celebration in 2009 were only £35 (was online/telephone sales that time) though I recall the corporates had the far better seats. Having said that I just might consider it (no guarantee of being succcessful but probably more chance in this ballot and while since I've been to SW19)

Yes it wasn't too bad pricewise at all back then. I managed to nab tickets on Ticketmaster - on the back row so ironically we couldn't even see the roof when they shut it :laugh:

[Silverdee]

I wasn’t successful in the ballot but Tennisfan was!

[exislander]

I wasn’t successful in the ballot but Tennisfan was!

Glad someone was - I wasn't successful either.

[JAMES4578]

Well done Tennisfan! No further players announced yet, former Brit winner Paloma Faith and tenor Joseph Calleja will perform .

[JAMES4578]

Some returns available for the exhibition, Line up now includes Hewitt and Ivanisevic in addition to Navratilova and McEnroe. Now Jamie Murray has announced he will be taking part and still some tickets available (though still £110) ,think another female player still to be announced.


Wimbledon‏Verified account @Wimbledon (https://twitter.com/Wimbledon) 2m2 minutes ago (https://twitter.com/Wimbledon/status/1128587986252304384)

Wimbledon Retweeted Jamie Murray
Delighted that @jamie_murray (https://twitter.com/jamie_murray) will be joining us to celebrate the new No.1 Court on Sunday - roof and all https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f64c.png #Wimbledon (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wimbledon?src=hash) #ARoofForAll (https://twitter.com/hashtag/ARoofForAll?src=hash)

Wimbledon added,
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6mG3nlWAAAFsKp.jpg


Jamie Murray‏Verified account @jamie_murray (https://twitter.com/jamie_murray)

Very excited to be among the first players to test the new @Wimbledon (https://twitter.com/Wimbledon) No.1 Court Roof at The No.1 Court Celebration this weekend to raise funds for the @WimbledonFDN (https://twitter.com/WimbledonFdn) #RoofForAll (https://twitter.com/hashtag/RoofForAll?src=hash). If you’d like to come and watch me play there are still tickets left - visit https://tickets.wimbledon.com/ (https://t.co/NXqBc9vLQ8)

(https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/about_wimbledon/no1_court_celebration.html)