DON PETRINE SHARES HIS VIEWS ON THE MIAMI OPEN TENNIS SITUATION

Written by: on 9th January 2016
Miami Open tennis tournament
DON PETRINE SHARES HIS VIEWS ON THE MIAMI OPEN TENNIS SITUATION

epa04693269 An infrared photograph shows the entrance of the Tennis Center at Crandon Park, which hosted the Miami Open tennis tournament on Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida, USA, 05 April 2015. EPA/RHONA WISE  |
An infrared photograph shows the entrance of the Tennis Center at Crandon Park, which hosted the Miami Open tennis tournament on Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida, USA, 05 April 2015. EPA/RHONA WISE

 

Regarding the Miami Open, The Miami Herald editorial board commends Bruce Matheson for his crusade preserving the northern half of Key Biscayne to it’s natural state. Oh really!? The Crandon Park Tennis facility, home of the Miami Open, was a GARBAGE DUMP in 1980. Miami-Dade and Butch Buchholz worked tirelessly to turn the land into a tennis center which generates $400m a year in revenue for the community. To allow the land to deteriorate back to a garbage dump after so much energy and money were invested to develop such a successful event would be completely absurd. The county can’t afford to maintain the facility without the lease payments generated by the Miami Open. Upgrading the facility has a far greater positive environmental impact than letting it deteriorate back into it’s original state, a compost outpost.

 

( Courtesy of Don Petrine via Facebook – https://m.facebook.com/don.petrine?refsrc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdon.petrine )

People watch Novak Djokovic of Serbia in action against David Ferrer of Spain at sunset during their quarterfinal round match at the Miami Open tennis tournament on Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida, USA, 02 April 2015. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER

 

 

Serena Williams of the USA in action against Simona Halep of Romania during their semi-final round match at the Miami Open tennis tournament on Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida, USA, 02 April 2015. EPA/RHONA WISE

 

 

Novak Djokovic of Serbia in action against Andy Murray of Great Britain during the final of the Miami Open tennis tournament on Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida, USA, 05 April 2015. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER

 

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