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TENNIS..a-
SIL-FILM:
(:53 )FILM COMING....(:53)
FT. WORTH'S COLONIAL COUNTRY CLUB HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR A
NEW TENNIS STADIUM THAT WILL BE COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THE
UPCOMING NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT IN AUGUST.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME AT A MORNING PRESS CONFERENCE AT
COLONIAL AS TOURNAMENT CHAIRMAN DICK OSBURN SPELLED OUT PLANS
FOR A "U-SHAPED" STADIUM THAT WILL INCLUDE
MORE THAN 1500 BOX SEATS TO HANDLE THE LARGE CROWDS THAT HAVE
SWAMPED THE TOURNAMENT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. OSBURN SAYS
THE FACILITY WILL BE THE ONLY ONE OF ITS TYPE CONSTRUCTED
ESPECIALLY FOR TENNIS. /THE NEW SEATING WILL BE PUT ON
ELEVATED GRASS TERRACES THAT WILL BE BUILT ON THE NORTH, SOUTH,
AND WEST SIDES OF THE EXISTING FACILITY. A SERIES OF SIX
TERRACES WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE 3 SIDES AND EACH SEAT WILL
GIVE THE SPECTATOR A CLEAR VIEW OF ALL THE ACTION. TICKET
SALES FOR THE 1969 N.I.T. ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY WITH MOST OF
THE WORLD'S TOP PROFESSIONALS ON THE ENTRY LIST.MTHE TOURNAMENT DATES ARE AUGUST
BACK TO MOC...
13TH THROUGH THE 17TH.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Evening sports update], script, June 17, 1969; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1142476/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.