Iconic “Glass Cube” Returns to San Francisco for NetSuite Open by Blake Rhodes SAN FRANCISCO, August 7, 2013
— Having captivated squash fans at the great Pyramids in Egypt, New
York’s Grand Central Terminal, the Field Museum in Chicago, Boston’s
Symphony Hall and the Hong Kong Harbor, the “Glass Cube” with its
two-way glass will bring a new – if only temporary – architectural look
to San Francisco’s waterfront September 25-October 1 for the 2013
NetSuite Open Squash Championships, NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N) and Event
Engine jointly announced today.
The NetSuiteOpen
became the first international professional squash event on the West
Coast to use the iconic portable glass court when it made its Northern
California debut for the 2012 tournament on the South Lawn at Justin
Herman Plaza. The 18,000-pound, 32-by-21 foot court made by McWil
Courtwall has walls of half-inch tempered glass with a special ceramic
frit dot fired into the interior surface that allows the players to see
a colored, nearly opaque wall while spectators outside the court view
through clear glass.
“I can’t think of a
better view: the best squash players in the world competing on San
Francisco’s beautiful waterfront,” said Evan Goldberg, NetSuite’s
co-founder, Chief Technology Officer and Chairman of the Board.
“This year’s view will be even more spectacular for our fans since
we’ve repositioned the court to have the Bay Bridge and its amazing
light show in the background.”
"The McWIL Courtwall
all-glass Show Court uses a patented one-way viewing system on three
walls to provide perfect ball visibility to the players while enabling
both the public and reserved seat ticket holders to experience world
class squash from all angles,” said David Carr, Founder and President
of McWIL Courtwall.
The “Glass Cube” will
become world renown if squash is selected for the 2020 Olympic Games,
as it will allow the host city to create a unique venue quite easily.
It has such fan amenities as an electronic scoreboard, a 42- inch TV,
two 50-inch LCD screens and a six-speaker sound system.
The NetSuite Open
field boasts the current top three squash players in the world –
two-time World Champion and No. 1 Ramy Ashour, No. 2 Gregory Gaultier
and No. 3 James Willstrop.
Sanctioned by the
Professional Squash Association, the PSA International 70 NetSuite Open
is one of the top 15 professional tournaments in the world as
determined by prize money. With a $70,000 purse, the winner will earn
$11,300. Gaultier defeated England’s Nick Matthew in three games to
claim the 2012 crown.
The early rounds,
comprising two rounds of Qualifying and the First Round (final 16) of
the Main Draw, will be played across courts at Stanford University, the
Bay Club San Francisco, the Olympic Club and University Club. The
Quarter Finals, Semi-Finals and Championship will be played at Justin
Herman Plaza.
Some 400 reserved
seats are available for the NetSuite Open, ranging in price from $30 to
$250. For tickets, draws, schedule and more information, please visit
www.netsuiteopensquash.com. Follow the NetSuite Open on Facebook and
Twitter.
About NetSuite Today, more than
16,000 companies and subsidiaries depend on NetSuite to run complex,
mission-critical business processes globally in the cloud. Since its
inception in 1998, NetSuite has established itself as the leading
provider of enterprise-class cloud financials/ERP suites for divisions
of large enterprises and mid-sized organizations seeking to upgrade
their antiquated client/server ERP systems. NetSuite excels at
streamlining business operations as demonstrated in a recent Gartner
study naming NetSuite as the fastest growing financial management
software vendor on a global basis. NetSuite continues its success in
delivering the best cloud ERP/financials suites to businesses around
the world, enabling them to lower IT costs significantly while
increasing productivity, as the global adoption of the cloud is
accelerating. Follow NetSuite's Cloud blog, NetSuite's Facebook page
and @NetSuite Twitter handle for real-time updates.
About Event Engine Event Engine, Inc. is
a visionary event and entertainment marketing company specializing in
the creation of unique athletic, musical, corporate and philanthropic
events in extraordinary venues. Founded in 2000 by US Squash Hall
of Fame member John Nimick, Event Engine has grown from the management
of a single, but unique, annual professional squash championship in
Grand Central Terminal to a portfolio of successful events in some of
the best known locations in North America and with some of the
best-known entertainment celebrities in the world. The Event
Engine mission is to provide an unparalleled, highly valuable, highest
quality result for clients, customer and corporate partners.
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