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World TeamTennis Cuts Full-Time Staff By 60%

World TeamTennis has reduced its full-time staff by 60%, a product of a season played in quarantine isolation at a West Virginia resort with few fans in attendance. WTT let go of 40% of its full-timers in '19, and it usually maintains a roster of freelance employees that are hired, then let go, at the end of each season. “While we typically reduce staff at the conclusion of each World TeamTennis season, due to the continued challenges from the coronavirus we have had to make additional reductions this year to essential WTT personnel, effective immediately. These prudent but difficult financial decisions will allow us to be well positioned as we prepare for the 2021 season,” said WTT CEO Carlos Silva. WTT last year averaged 1,200 tickets per day for eight cities over 19 days, with 3,500 sold for each of three postseason matches. But this season, playing at The Greenbrier Resort, the league averaged 200 tickets per day, with 500 for each of the three playoff matchups. WTT is entering an important offseason in which Silva is negotiating new TV deals. A private company, WTT does not comment on its finances, though it did receive a Paycheck Protection Program loan earlier this year for $355,000. Silva at the time said that that money helped the league cover payroll so that it could focus on planning its unusual season in West Virginia. According to the Small Business Administration, the PPP loan spared 13 WTT jobs at the time.

 

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