DAILY TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR NEW HAVEN OPEN AT YALE PRESENTED BY FIRST NIAGARA

Written by: Staff on 14th June 2011

DAILY TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR NEW HAVEN OPEN AT YALE PRESENTED BY FIRST NIAGARA |

NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 1, 2011 – Daily tickets for the New Haven Open at Yale presented by First Niagara, a WTA event that is part of the Olympus US Open Series to be held August 18-27, 2011 at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale are now on sale, it was announced today by Tournament Director Anne Worcester.

The tournament, which will feature World No. 1 and three-time defending champion Caroline Wozniacki, will once again offer fans a special $1 ticket promotion. For the next week, until midnight on Wednesday, June 8, Middle Tier tickets for the first evening session on Monday, August 22, which typically are $18, are available for $1. Last year, more than 5,000 tickets were sold through this unique offering, so fans will want to take advantage before they are gone. For more information about tickets, fans can call 1-855-4-NHTENNIS or visit www.newhavenopen.com.

Tickets for all the tournament’s special events – including the fourth annual New Haven Food & Wine Festival, which returns this summer as a newly expanded, week-long series of culinary offerings – will go on sale next week.

Fans purchasing tickets can also donate to New Haven Youth Tennis & Education, a non-profit organization that provides life-skills, mentoring, educational support and tennis programming to youth in New Haven. The New Haven Open partners year-round with New Haven Youth Tennis and Education to provide opportunities for youth to have a safe place to learn, play and discover in a positive, healthy and active way.