The future of Nottingham Tennis Centre has been secured and the new leaseholder has already promised to upgrade the award-winning site. The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) is taking a long-term lease of the centre and will take over its operation from Nottingham City Council next month.
The LTA, the national governing body for tennis in Great Britain, has also announced “exciting plans” for new investment in the centre. The 39-court centre on University Boulevard was built by the council and opened by Princess Diana in 1990.
But in 2019, the council announced it needed to make significant savings of £15.8 million in its 2020 budget and was looking for a new leaseholder for the site. The move will save the city council £140,000 over the next two years, as it will no longer have to subsidise the running of the centre.