Monday, 7/21/97 Fund raising, food, tickets, parking all part of
the game
By Steve Kim Daily Bruin Contributor Greetings, tennis fans.
Welcome to UCLA, home of the Infiniti Open. You are one of 80,000
spectators who will gather to witness some of the top men in tennis
at work on the Los Angeles Tennis Center (LATC) courts this week.
The Infiniti Open is the only major men’s tennis tournament in Los
Angeles. Some of the proceeds will go to the Southern California
Tennis Association’s junior development programs, a 71-year tennis
tournament tradition. An Evening at the Net, a charitable event,
will be held July 21 at 7:30 p.m. John Lovitz, Andre Agassi, Fran
Drescher and host Steve Guttenberg are expected to attend and play
tennis to raise funds for the National Junior Tennis League and the
Safe Passage Tennis Program. If you haven’t bought the all-sessions
box or series seat ticket packages, loge seats are available from
$16 to $36 per match – they get more expensive as the tournament
reaches the finals. Children under 16 are admitted for half-price
for game sessions 1 through 8, if they arrive at the box office 1
1/2 hours before the game. Also, watch for Racquet Days, when old
tennis racquets can be traded in for tickets to matches. UCLA
charges $5 per day to park. Parking structures 6 and 8 are the
closest to the tennis center. If you drive an Infiniti to the
finals, you can enjoy free parking. After all, it is the "Infiniti"
Open. Food and refreshments are plentiful at many nearby locations,
including the stadium concessions venue, the UCLA campus and
Westwood Village. Between events, you can tour the beautiful
campus. Visit the newly renovated student store. If you’ve been
there and done that, visit Westwood Village. There are eateries,
shops and those popular uniplexes, the sites of famous movie
premiers. This week, however, I have a feeling that most eyes are
going to be focused on the court rather than an the theater screen.
"Quiet, please," and enjoy the game!