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Kevin Kane, president and CEO
of Memphis Tourism. " We really
needed one place that could serve
as a hub for everything. "
One possible answer was found
in the Leftwich facility, located just
off the university's campus. It had
tennis facilities but, having been
built in the 1960s, was too small
and badly in need of updates.
" We looked at keeping the courts
and rebuilding the clubhouse, " says
Stephen Lang, executive director
of Tennis Memphis, the organization tasked with managing the
city's public tennis facilities, " but
we finally decided that getting the
best use of the land meant starting
from scratch. "
Lang, Kane and a group of oth-

ers began exploring the concept,
meeting with Memphis Mayor Jim
Strickland, City Council member Worth Morgan and Dr. David
Rudd, the university's president -
all of whom saw the potential of
the plan. The next step, however,
was to create the plan to transform
the existing building.
They found the help they needed in the USTA, whose Tennis
Venue + Design Group's Facility
Services program was able to provide design assistance, budgets,
operating standards, construction
document review and business
models. The Memphis contingent
made a visit to the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida,
to meet with representatives and

The Leftwich Tennis Center in Memphis, Tennessee, will feature 24 outdoor
courts and 12 indoor courts.

to discuss the potential of the
project.
Two-and-a-half years from inception, the old tennis center is
coming down and the group hopes
to break ground on the new facility in the next few months. Slightly more than $20 million has been
raised, with a goal of adding another $2 million to $4 million.
And, says Kane, the USTA helped
provide the launchpad.
" We feel like we've orchestrated a perfect team here, " he says.
" We are putting together the ideal
facility. "

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