LTA ANNOUNCEMENT ON QUEEN’S CLUB
The LTA Board announces that it has agreed an option with
The Queen’s Club Project Group (QCPG), negotiating on
behalf of the Members of The Queen’s Club, to purchase
the Club for £45m. This is subject to a number of conditions,
including obtaining a declaratory judgement from the High
Court, in a process supported by the Members, confirming the
LTA’s ownership of the Club.
The LTA Board has received advice throughout the whole sales
process from a leading QC, which gives the Board full confidence
in its ownership rights. However, the LTA Board is seeking
this judgement, before completing the sale, due to the actions
of a very small number of Queen’s Club members who have
attempted to disrupt the sale by challenging the LTA’s
right to sell the Club which it bought in 1953.
The LTA Board feels that any questions about its ownership
of the Club must be resolved once and for all for the benefit
of British tennis. The LTA believes also that the proposed
sale to the Members secures the future of racket sports, grass
courts and the pre-Wimbledon Stella Artois Championships at
its West London home and is in the best long term interests
of British tennis and the Queen’s Club.
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