[Mateo Mathieu]

Spectators seated around the Stadium Court, which seats 8,000, watch as Conchita Martinez, from Spain, left, plays against Tara Snyder during their second round match of JP Morgan Chase Open Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Martinez won, 6-4, 6-3.

 

[Jordan.]

Wow, the attendation is so small there!

 

[zaaz]

:haha:

 

[Berlin_Calling]

WTF is attendation? :lol:

 

[Hawk]

Well since apparently no one else is going to comment on the point of the thread.. I will

that's pretty bad

But on the plus side..if you're there you can sit where ever you please

 

[Astro Jetson]

Me thinks Conchi just hit a moonball and spectators wouldn't wait hours for it to come down again so left :lol:

 

[Berlin_Calling]

:haha:

What's so funny? I think it's sad that the WTA is suffering from the bad attendations from their big tourneys

 

[Amanda]

attendation-lack of a formal education

 

[ToeTag]

Yeah that pic does suggest that the tournament is warm bodied challenged...but when was that match played...could have been a 11:00am match.

 

[BigTennisFan]

The last time I attended the Chase was in 2001 when it was still in Manhattan Beach. My schedule at the time allowed me to go on Monday, Wed, Thurs and the Quarters where Monica beat Serena.

Believe me, the morning weekday matches were NOT full of spectators. The Serena/Monica match was sold out. Unfortunately the majority of people left right after that match and they missed Chanda and Els playing some really good doubles.

Let's see what happens from the quarters on.

 

[Lisbeth]

Well, someone give me a aeroplane ticket and I'm there!

While it wouldn't be nearly that bad, this is the reason why Australians want to keep AO in the school holidays, by the way. Or IS it in fact school holidays in Canada?

 

[disposablehero]

This tournament needs to be moved. The tour goes East next week anyhow, so a venue like Chicago would fit in well. LA has enough trouble filling the year-end championships. This tournament now has to compete with that as well. People aren't going to buy tickets to see Kim and Lindsay in the sweltering heat when they know they will get to see both of them, plus the Williams, Justine, and a few other top players, only 3 months from now.

 

[vs1]

This is alarming shocking for the tour. It's embarassing as hell!!

 

[Vincent]

It was like no audience there.

 

[LucasArg]

There re only 3 of the top 10 players. Maybe is that

 

[Lisbeth]

Um yes, sorry, I do know LA is not in Canada! I'm just an idiot.

 

[tennisjam]

they should give free tickets

 

[SanTaureau Fan]

What is so surprising, I bet it's like that for some Tier II the first monday, this stadium is very big, so that makes it look more empty than some other tournements.

 

[doloresc]

it really is terrible. i think the manhattan beach venue was more suitable (more intimate) for this tournament.

 

[gentenaire]

Even the year end champs, with all the top players, can't attract crowds. It should be clear now that LA isn't interested in tennis.