[情報] 溫網提出的2.5億的擴建案遭議會否決

https://reurl.cc/E19ynK A $250 million expansion plan from the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club is in an even more fragile state after the London borough of Wandsworth voted agai nst the proposal. 全英草地網球俱樂部提出的2.5億的擴建案 日前遭到當地市議會的否決 Confirming a recommendation from its planning officers, the borough’s council u nanimously voted down the bid to build a new 8,000-seat stadium and 39 additiona l courts, finding that it would “cause substantial harm to the openness of metr opolitan open land.” 溫網提出想加蓋39座球場 其中有一座容量將有8000人 The 7-0 vote followed nearly three hours of debate and prompted cheers from the public gallery. 遭7:0全票反對否決 AELTC CEO Sally Bolton called the decision “disappointing,” reiterating the or ganization’s view that the effort would be “one of the greatest sporting trans formations for London since [the Olympics in] 2012.” 全英草地網球俱樂部CEO Sally Bolton對此表示失望 他認為這個擴建計畫是自 2012 年奧運會以來 倫敦最偉大的體育變革之一 Wimbledon is the only one of tennis’s four Grand Slam tournaments that doesn’t hold its qualifying events on site — they’re held several miles away at a sma ller, 2,000-capacity venue. 目前溫網也是四大滿貫賽中 唯一資格賽不在原本場地舉辦資格賽的 而是在幾英里外的一個可容納2,000人的較小場地舉行 The matter now heads to the office of London mayor Sadiq Khan, with a decision e xpected by early December on whether to kill the proposal or review it further. 目前將由倫敦市長辦公室在12月做出決定 看是要終止這個計畫，還是繼續重新審視 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 140.122.136.8 (臺灣) ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Tennis/M.1701224394.A.947.html