{"id":703584,"date":"2026-07-21T15:44:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T15:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/703584\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T15:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T15:44:18","slug":"australian-open-to-cap-ground-passes-in-2027-after-overcrowding-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/703584\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open to cap ground passes in 2027 after overcrowding problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"wcl-news-perex\" itemprop=\"description\">The Australian Open will place \u2060daily limits on cheap tickets to the tennis Grand Slam \u200cfor the first time after long \u200cqueues and crowding blighted the \u200ctournament in January.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers Tennis Australia said \u200con Tuesday it would cap \u200callocations of its A$49 &#8220;ground passes&#8221; during the first week of the \u200cmain draw as they expected \u2060demand \u200cto be stronger than ever in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This \u200bdecision reflects the growing popularity of the AO and \u200bwill help ensure fans are able to make the most of \u2060everything \u200bon offer across the precinct,&#8221; the governing body said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Ground passes allow holders to roam \u200cbetween matches outside the major showcourts at Melbourne Park and are hugely popular among casual fans.<\/p>\n<p>However, a spike in attendances in recent years has contributed to long queues to access courts and raised concerns about a \u200cdeclining fan experience.<\/p>\n<p>A record 1,368,043 \u200bfans attended the 2026 tournament \u200cthrough its three-week schedule which saw Carlos Alcaraz claim the men&#8217;s singles title and Elena Rybakina the women&#8217;s on the \u2060final weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Australian Open will place \u2060daily limits on cheap tickets to the tennis Grand Slam \u200cfor the first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-703584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}