All-England Club gets the legal permission to build ‘tennis Disneyland’ in Wimbledon as new 8000-seater stadium and 38 additional courts get approved

Rumours persist regarding the expansion of the Wimbledon stadiums for the future as the All-England Club gets legal permission.

All-England Club gets the legal permission to build ‘tennis Disneyland’ in Wimbledon as new 8000-seater stadium and 38 additional courts get approved

A glimpse of the Wimbledon stadiums. (credits: The Hindu, talkSPORT)

One of the oldest competitions in the tennis world, the Wimbledon Championship has a new project lineup for the upcoming future. With plans persisting regarding the expansion of the All-England tournament stadium, it has now been confirmed that the project to build a ‘tennis Disneyland’ has finally been approved by the Merton Council.

After a long meeting with the planning committee, a document was published by the agency stating clearly about the permission being granted for the expansion. Way back in the year 2018, the All England Club bought a lease of the neighboring Wimbledon Park Golf Club for a total sum of about £65 million.

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The plot of land also includes Wimbledon Park Lake and a section of Church Road with AELTC looking to build 38 new courts with their vision of building an 8,000-seater stadium. Some indications are there about tripling the size of the current Wimbledon stadiums also allowing Wimbledon to host rather than their current home which resides a couple of miles away in Roehampton.

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The players to have left their mark in the books of Wimbledon

Many would dream about winning the oldest competition of tennis and only a few in their careers could accomplish this feat. But there are certain legends who have left their mark in the history books of the competition having dominated the stage on multiple occasions. On the top of the list stands tall the two rivals of modern-day tennis: Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer ahead of their 2019 Wimbledon final matchup. (credits: Times)

Federer has won it for a record eight times in his career with Novak just one short with seven titles. Next up is Pete Sampras and William Renshaw who have also won it on seven occasions.

Laurence Doherty and Bjorn Borg are among the players to have won it five times in their career with Bjorn regarded as one of the legends of the competition as he dominated the competition hugely after the Open Era winning it for five straight years from 1976 to 1980.

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