Can the Business of Tennis Be Fixed?
Briefly

The tournament is expected to draw more than a million in fans for the first time, sell $10 million worth of Honey Deuce cocktails and offer up its biggest prize pool ever.
We’re seeing the results of investing in fan week, a period before the main draw when the top players are here practicing. This year we had 216,000 people come through the gates that week free of charge.
Years ago, we worried that investing in that programming might cannibalize first-week sales. It’s been the opposite. When our long-term partnerships come up for renewal, there’s clearly more value in that partnership.
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