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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