Tennis Australia is preparing to spend at least double its original budget to stage this summer's Australian Open in Melbourne, with strict biosecurity protocols greatly adding to the cost of the event.Tennis Australia has doubled the event's budget to more than $60 millionTA originally expected the tournament to cost between $25-$30 million, but chief executive Craig Tiley said the organisation is now expecting those expenses to be more than $60 million.
"So [it's] going to be north of $60 million just to make sure that we can put on the Australian Open." The US Open was successfully completed with just two positive COVID-19 tests, while the French Open returned 10 positive cases. The Australian Open will have 50 per cent capacity for crowds and Mr Tiley said other protocols have been adopted from around the world."You have to do everything you can [from] players in their bubble wearing masks, physically distancing, practicing good hygiene, not mingling, not hanging around with each other," he said.
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Going ahead but will cost a fortune meaning there is still money to be made!!
Nothing costs ‘a fortune’ when you print money.
Why?
Hey ABCNews - Roger Federer is Swiss not Swedish.
Cancel it ...
Ctizens still struggling return home cos of daily caps & flight issues, causing great personal expense & mental stress, but if it involves sport or celebrities, govt can't get them in fast enough. They've had almost 1 year to think of alternative methods to bring ppl home!
Covidiot Djokovic partied & acted selfishly before he got covid so now he's had it why would he be covidsafe?
Got to keep feeding the “bread and circus” to the people I guess.
Ban Djokovic. Anti vaxxer idiot. This is a stupid waste of money.