For the first nine days of the tournament, organisers hold back 500 Centre Court tickets for general sale at the turnstile. The club also sells about 500 tickets for Court One each day, and another 500 for Court Two "for as many days as a full programme of matches can be maintained". "The tennis is fun but the whole experience of waiting in a crowd of exited tennis fans makes it a whole lot better," she said. Most other sporting events have moved entirely online, but some say this system results in a purer turnout of committed tennis fans. And that is the sort of atmosphere you want in the crowds, and the sort of fans you want to reward.

Source: Economic Times July 13, 2017 12:56 UTC