Restaurants To Be Open March 5-15 For Tournament Patrons Starting At 11:00 a.m.
March 16 from 5:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Open To The Public February 28 & March 2 From 5:00-10:00 p.m., March 3-4 Starting at 11:00 a.m.
Indian Wells, Calif., Feb. 18, 2014 – Nobu, Chop House, and Piero’s PizzaVino, restaurants opening in the new Stadium 2 on the concourse level overlooking the on-court action and the grounds, have unveiled their menus for the 2014 BNP Paribas Open, the most-attended ATP World Tour and WTA tennis tournament in the world to be held March 3-16, 2014 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, it was announced today by Steve Simon, tournament director.
The restaurants will be open to the general public on Friday, February 28 and Sunday, March 2 from 5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. and Monday, March 3 – Tuesday, March 4 from 11:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. On Saturday, March 1 the restaurants will only be open to patrons holding tickets for the McEnroe Challenge for Charity presented by Esurance. From Wednesday, March 5 – Sunday March, 16 only patrons attending the tournament will have access to the restaurants. They will be open from 11:00 a.m. until approximately 10:00 p.m. from March 5-15 and from 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. on March 16. The restaurants will offer seating on a walk in basis only. For parking enter Gate 2 for Feb. 28 – March 2 and follow signs for March 3-March 16.
Nobu, the world-famous Japanese restaurant founded by “Nobu” Matsuhisa, will deliver its critically acclaimed and exquisite cuisine that blends traditional Japanese dishes with South American ingredients. The menu includes impeccable sashimi and sushi, dishes such as Black Cod with Miso, Tiradito, and Yellowtail Sashimi with Jalapeno, and decadent desserts like Chocolate Harumaki (Spring Roll). These are just a few of the dishes that will let fans enjoy the masterful New Style Japanese cuisine in the vicinity of the masterful tennis players on-court at the BNP Paribas Open.
Chop House, part of the Kaiser Family of Restaurants, is an award-winning restaurant that features USDA prime-aged steaks and chops, seasonal and sustainable fish and shellfish, and California’s freshest in-season vegetables. Their menu will offer dishes ranging from the CH Shellfish Platter (shrimp, lobster, crab, and oysters) to Figue Mediterranean with baked figs, prosciutto, Katafi, Lavender honey and pistachios to Braised Beef Shortrib with Horseradish Whipped Potatoes to their 48 ounce Signature Chop House Tomahawk Rib Chop.
Piero’s PizzaVino, owned by desert restaurateur Piero and Sheri Pierattoni, will serve traditional Neapolitan style pizza, heralding back to a tradition that began when the first Pizzeria opened in Naples in 1738. Combining a wood burning oven that reaches 800 degrees with three key ingredients – San Marzano tomatoes, Fior di Latte Mozzarella and Doppio Zero flour, the restaurant will deliver a pie with dough that is fairly soft, slightly chewy, thin but crispy as well as a bit charred with a high border or “cornicione,” which is the “frame” of the pizza. In addition to the pizza, they will also offer a variety of appetizers, sandwiches, salads, pastas, dessert and more.
Seating for Nobu and Chop House will be indoors, with select seating overlooking the court of Stadium 2. The seating for Piero’s PizzaVino will be outside on a terrace overlooking the spectacular grounds.
See what’s cooking at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden during the tournament.
For more information please visit www.bnpparibasopen.com or call the Indian Wells Tennis Garden Box Office 800-999-1585 or 760-200-8000.
About the BNP Paribas Open
The BNP Paribas Open is the largest ATP World Tour and WTA combined two-week event in the world, offers more than $10 million in prize money, and is the only event to provide the Hawkeye line challenge system on all Qualifying and Main Draw match courts. In 2013, more than 380,000 people attended the event. Visit www.bnpparibasopen.com for more information or to purchase Classic Series, Mini, Group, or Hotel ticket packages. Indian Wells Tennis Garden Box Office, 800-999-1585 or 760-200-8000, 78-200 Miles Avenue, Indian Wells, CA, 92210.
About BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas (www.bnpparibas.com) has a presence in nearly 80 countries with 190,000 employees, including 145,000 in Europe. It ranks highly in its three core activities: Retail Banking, Investment Solutions and Corporate & Investment Banking. In Europe, the Group has four domestic markets (Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg) and BNP Paribas Personal Finance is the leader in consumer lending. BNP Paribas is rolling out its integrated retail banking model across Mediterranean basin countries, in Turkey, in Eastern Europe and a large network, Bank of the West, in the western part of the United States. In its Corporate & Investment Banking and Investment Solutions activities, BNP Paribas also enjoys top positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas and solid and fast-growing businesses in Asia-Pacific.
BNP Paribas and Tennis
2013 has seen BNP Paribas celebrate the 40th anniversary of its partnership with the French Open, Roland Garros. Since this first historical commitment, BNP Paribas has extended its partnership with tennis across the world and to all levels of the sport – both individual and team competitions, wheelchair tennis, local family clubs as well as the professional game; from those just learning the game to those competing in the top tournaments on the pro circuit. Building on this, BNP Paribas launched wearetennis.com; a website entirely dedicated to tennis news. It is a unique initiative which provides tennis fans with a constant flow of information on tennis events with coverage of all the ATP, WTA and ITF tournaments. Today BNP Paribas is the world number one sponsor of tennis: Official sponsor of Roland Garros, title sponsor of the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships, sponsor of 4 ATP Masters 1000 events (BNP Paribas Masters, Monte Carlo Rolex Masters, Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome, BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells), title sponsor of the Davis Cup and the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas, Partner of the Brussels Open with BNP Paribas Fortis, partner of the Bank of the West Classic – California, the Grand Prix Hassan II – Casablanca, the Grand Prix SARS Leila Meriem – Fès, the Open 13 – Marseille, the Moselle Open, the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, the AEGON Championships – London, the Open de Nice, the Open Sud de France, the BNP Paribas Showdown – New York, the BNP Paribas tennis classic – Hurlingham, and the BNP Paribas Zurich Open. Other partnerships BNP Paribas has formed over the years include with international wheelchair tennis (the BNP Paribas Open, the BNP Paribas World Team Cup) and the Junior and the university tennis (the Davis Cup and the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas, the Master’U BNP Paribas, the BNP Paribas Cup, the BNP Paribas National Tennis Academy of Dublin, the BNP Paribas Junior Tennis Masters-Athens). BNP Paribas is currently working through partnerships with more than 20 local tennis federations and more than 550 amateur tournaments across the world and supports many charities which aim to educate children by teaching them to play tennis.
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