Tennis-Wimbledon offers up more public land as club seeks to get expansion over the line

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 6, 2023 General view inside the court during a second round match REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) is offering up extra parkland for public use in a bid to get massive expansion plans over the line, which it says will protect the Wimbledon Championships for years to come.

The offer of an extra four acres of parkland, announced by Greater London Authority (GLA) planners on Thursday, means the host of the world famous grasscourt Grand Slam event now plans to make some 27 acres of parkland accessible to the public.