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AMERITECH DROPS SPONSORSHIP OF CHICAGO WTA EVENT
Published November 24, 1997
Ameritech on Friday dropped its sponsorship of the WTA
Tour's Chicago event, according to Len Ziehm of the CHICAGO
SUN-TIMES. Ameritech informed tournament owner IMG that it
would not renew its three-year agreement to sponsor the
tournament known most recently as the Ameritech Cup. Though
a new sponsorship agreement was not announced, IMG Senior
VP/Tournament Manager Gary Swain said the tournament "will
continue on an annual basis." Swain: "Everything is going
to be fine. We will sign a new sponsor. Several companies
are very interested" (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 11/22).




