{"id":813515,"date":"2026-07-21T03:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T03:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/813515\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T03:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T03:09:09","slug":"australian-open-to-limit-cheap-tickets-after-crowding-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/813515\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open to limit cheap tickets after crowding problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">MELBOURNE, July 21 &#8211; The Australian Open will place daily limits on cheap tickets to the tennis Grand Slam for the first time after long queues and crowding blighted the tournament in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Organisers Tennis Australia said on Tuesday it would cap allocations of its A$49 ($34) &#8220;ground passes&#8221; during the first week of the main draw as they expected demand to be stronger than ever in 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">&#8220;This decision reflects the growing popularity of the AO and will help ensure fans are able to make the most of everything on offer across the precinct,&#8221; the governing body said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Ground passes allow holders to roam between matches outside the major showcourts at Melbourne Park and are hugely popular among casual fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">However, a spike in attendances in recent years has contributed to long queues to access courts and raised concerns about a declining fan experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A record 1,368,043 fans attended the 2026 tournament through its three-week schedule which saw Carlos Alcaraz claim the men&#8217;s singles title and Elena Rybakina the women&#8217;s on the final weekend. REUTERS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MELBOURNE, July 21 &#8211; The Australian Open will place daily limits on cheap tickets to the tennis Grand&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-813515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}