CLEVELAND — Tickets go on sale next week as the WTA Tour prepares to bring high-level tennis to northeast Ohio this summer.
Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica will host “Tennis in the Land,” a WTA 250 event Aug. 22-28. The tournament will be the final stop for the tour before the U.S. Open.
Six courts will be installed on site, with center court being placed under the pavilion. Center court will seat 3,000 fans.
Tickets for the event go on sale May 15.
In addition to tennis, the tournament will have food trucks, a beer garden, live music, a farmers market and an art show.
“The opportunity here is to build a long-lasting event that changes the Cleveland sports landscape and shapes the community in an enduring way,” said Kyle Ross, the tournament director. “Cleveland has never had an annual women’s sporting event of this level, and through the platform of the WTA Tour we can not only introduce the city to world-class tennis, but we can introduce the tennis world to the city of Cleveland.”
David Gilbert, the president and CEO of Greater Cleveland Sports Commission, said he expects the event to have a $2 million economic impact on the community.
The Cleveland WTA event follows the Western and Southern Open played in Mason, Ohio the week before. The Western and Southern Open is one of the top non Grand Slam ATP and WTA events on the calendar.
