Wimbledon bosses hold crisis talks after beefed up security causes huge queues on the opening day of the Championships
- Wimbledon boss Michelle Dite apologises for huge queues to get in opening day
- Some fans were forced to wait hours due to 100% bag checks on Monday
- Latest Wimbledon 2023 news, including schedule, travel updates and results
Wimbledon bosses held a crisis meeting after beefed up security measures caused huge queues on the opening day of the Championships.
The club has apologised to fans after many went home after being forced to wait hours in line due to 100 per cent bag checks on Monday.
Michelle Dite, Wimbledon operations director, said her team went ‘right back to the plan’ and questioned ‘is the plan working in terms of right personnel, flows, processes’.
She added: ‘We’re sorry that there were a number of people that were in that queue for a long time.’
But Ms Dite said they were ‘confident’ that the steps they have taken should alleviate the problems and vowed to improve communications with fans at the back of the line.
Wimbledon bosses held a crisis meeting after beefed up security measures caused huge queues on the opening day of the Championship (queues pictured on Monday)
Thousands of ticketless tennis fans queue in the early morning sunshine in Wimbledon Park on day one of the Wimbledon tennis championships to gain entry
The club said it was the most amount of visitors they had since 2019 with Covid cancelling the queue and numbers not recovering last year.
In total 11,500 people entered through the queue, with some having camped overnight, but there was ‘no intelligence’ that any protester tried to get in.
But Ms Dite warned ‘every day is like another day’, adding: ‘Generally it’s high risk – full stop.’
The queue was seen flowing much easier yesterday though there were far fewer visitors due to the rain.
The club has apologised to fans after many went home after being forced to wait hours in line due to 100 per cent bag checks on Monday
Germany’s Daniel Altmaier (left) serves to Australia’s Aleksandar Vukic during their men’s singles tennis match on the first day of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
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