A palace in pink, a tribute to Gijón
The transformation of the Palacio de Deportes to host the primary tennis competitors in its historical past has not been straightforward, however it’s prepared.
The primary novelty was the alternative of the parquet on the central court docket by some picket sheets to show it into what would be the major court docket of the event. The sport rectangle is painted pink (in honor of town of Gijón) and the remaining, in grey, following the road of town’s company picture.
Health club tailored to the wants of tennis gamers who will use it to heat up earlier than the matches and calm down afterwards; and the central court docket’s hawk’s eye digital camera management space.
The curtain that separates the auxiliary courts has additionally been raised to arrange Court docket 1 of the Open, the place the qualifying matches and a lot of the doubles will happen. This area may be accessed till full capability is reached with the tickets that give the fitting to a numbered seat on the Central Court docket. An additional stand has been put in within the auxiliary, which has doubled its present capability and can have the ability to maintain as much as 460 spectators.
Tennis gamers may have a eating room, health club and leisure space at their disposal
The bins, that are the opposite nice novelty on the primary flooring, are situated contained in the central ring. The press room, altering rooms and restricted areas out there to tennis gamers have additionally acquired the ultimate touches. Gamers may have a personal eating area, a health club at their disposal, a leisure space with sofas and leisure corresponding to video video games, in addition to an workplace the place the prizes are paid out. The judges, medical companies, accreditation and field workplace workers, physiotherapists and the event director and the ATP delegate have their very own areas.
Nayra Ramírez, Arnau Royo and Javier Prieto, from the Spanish Tennis Federation; the chair umpires of the event, appointed by the ATP, have their very own area to satisfy; and the medical companies of the event have a room to take care of any unexpected well being of the athletes.
The technical deployment mandatory for the event of the event has included the set up of two massive ‘led’ screens on the primary court docket of the Palace and one other on the auxiliary, which can broadcast the official tv sign, in addition to different smaller ones across the balustrade of the higher ring, the place promoting can be broadcast. The sport observe can also be surrounded by ‘led’, for promotional functions.
The system generally known as ‘hawk’s eye’ has additionally been put in, a pc system used for uncertain performs that has management on the foot of the observe and one other inside, in an workplace the place the pc photos which might be broadcast with the play are generated.
On the esplanade of the primary entry to the Palace, a mini-tennis court docket and a big marquee have been put in the place the restaurant space can be situated.
Due to this fact, every little thing is prepared for the primary skilled tennis event to be held in Gijón and Asturias to start at the moment on the Palacio de Deportes.
