The draw for the ATP Finals in Turin 2024 has ignited the passion for tennis in Italy. The capital of Piedmont will be animated by more than 180,000 fans from around the world for seven days, ready to enjoy the spectacle of challenges between the eight best players in the world rankings, starting on Sunday 10 November. will debut at No. 1. and home idol Janic Sner, on the pitch against Australia’s Alex de Manor. And while the president of Fitp, Angelo Binghi, announced a second record for paying spectators for an indoor sporting event, Federtennis is said to be close to a deal to keep the tournament in Italy until 2030.
Renewal
With the support of Georgia Maloney’s government, President Binghi has actually been working for some time to extend the ATP Finals contract, which expires in 2025.
As reported. Il single 24 oreFedertennis is close to an agreement with the ATP to confirm holding the “Masters Tournament” in Turin for another year or two, and then move the event to Milan by 2030.
The Italian candidates, in fact, should no longer compete with the Saudis, who with a record prize pool of 14 million have secured the ongoing WTA Finals in Riyadh these days until 2026, the next generation is scheduled for 18 in Milan so far. On December 22 in Jeddah, he also made the multi-million dollar “Six Kings Slam”.
However, for the renewal of the contract, the ATP has asked for the fee to be increased to around $30 million from the current $18 million, along with an increase in the total prize money, up from the current $15.25 million. will reach 25 million. . In order to sign the agreement, we are still waiting for some technical and formal steps and above all to put on paper the necessary financial guarantees from the government which were around 80 million in the last five years.
The government, as Benghi has explained several times, «puts in 16.2 million euros and withdraws four times more – explains Fitp’s number one. In essence, every public euro invested translates into 80 euros returned to the region. The 2023 edition generated an economic impact of 306.3 million thanks to hotel bookings, catering, transport (even more than that generated by the previous Sanremo Festival), 65.7 million financial impact and 1950 full-time jobs created for one year. And to think that when Turin won the ATP Finals, Ernst & Young estimated a total contribution to national GDP of around 600 million over five years.
After the Milan-Cortina 2026 Games, the new Santa Giulia arena, which is set to host ice hockey events during the next Winter Olympics, will be ready to host the tournament, with 16,000 seats, which will ‘ 4 thousand more than Analypi Arena’. which is hosting today’s matches.
In fact, he could play in Turin for another year or two and then move to Milan until 2030. In any case, after the 2026 Games, when the world could become the “home” of challenges between the eight masters of tennis. The Santa Giulia arena is slated to host ice hockey events during the next Winter Olympics. The move will thus provide 16,000 seats instead of the 12,000 of the Analpi Arena, as well as activate all the fashion and lifestyle circuits in the capital of Lombardy.
“The ATP Finals returned to our city for the fourth year in a row, full of excitement and pride, with an Italian, Janice Sner, and we have been working for months to ensure that the ATP will be next. Toron could reassign the event for five years and we’ll play it all the way.” Mayor Stefano Lo Rosso said this at the presentation press conference at the Intesa Sao Paulo skyscraper. “It is a very complicated game and there are many competitors in the world – he recalls -. We believe that we have done our best and we are happy with what we have done. We will finally do it. will play until and I think and hope that this commitment will be appreciated, as it is by the tennis players and all the people who came to Turin to see how we organized the event The ability demonstrated by – he concludes – mine I think it’s a very relevant competitive factor.” “The region believes and invests in this event – added Councilor Andrea Tronzano – Turin and Piedmont are ready”.
