Silent Auction • Club tours before and after the event

Up Close with Stan Smith
(VIP Reception)

3:30pm to 4:30pm

$1,000 per person
(Limit 20 guests)
An intimate gathering with Tennis Hall of Famer Stan Smith in The Bud Collins Tennis Library
includes conversation with Stan Smith following.

An Evening with Stan Smith
4:30pm to 6pm

$100 per person
Light refreshments
and cash bar

(Moderator TBD)

Can’t attend but would like to donate in honor of Bud Collins?

All proceeds to benefit the Bud Collins Tennis Welcome Center at Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center.
Sportsmen’s is a 501(c)3 and donations are (partially) tax deductible.

Sponsorships

PLATINUM
$5,000

2 VIP admissions

4 admissions to the
4:30pm event

Acknowledgement at the event

Logo on Sportsmen’s website with link to business website

Multimedia recognition in Sportsmen’s lobby

Logo on event poster

Social media postings

Sponsorship recognition
in e-newsletters

GOLD
$2,500

1 VIP admission

2 admissions to the
4:30pm event

Logo on Sportsmen’s website

Multimedia recognition in Sportsmen’s lobby

Logo on event poster

Social media posting

Sponsorship recognition
in an e-newsletter

SILVER
$1,000

2 admissions to the
4:30pm event

Logo on Sportsmen’s website

Logo on event poster

Sponsorship recognition
in an e-newsletter

Bronze
$500

1 admission to the
4:30pm event

Logo on event poster

Sponsorship recognition
in an e-newsletter

For more information please contact Mary Long at MLong@sportsmenstennis.org

The Bud Collins Tennis Welcome Center

Bud Collins — famed journalist, sportscaster, and tennis legend — worked with our founders for more than five decades to build and expand the original Sportsmen’s Tennis Club. Bud introduced Sportsmen’s to Arthur Ashe, Billie Jean King, Donald Dell, Stan Smith, and many others who lent their support for our indoor, year-round tennis center. Bud returned to Sportsmen’s whenever we called and, through word and deed, never failed to remind everyone that Sportsmen’s is more than just another tennis club. For his friendship and undying support, Sportsmen’s is honored to build a facility befitting his legacy.

Spearheaded by his widow, Anita Ruthling Klaussen, and Longfellow Club owner Laury Hammel, the Bud Collins Tennis Welcome Center commemorates the legendary journalist’s commitment to Sportsmen’s mission and the need to grow urban tennis.

The Welcome Center will also include a brand new tennis pro shop, as well as community and administrative spaces.

The Bud Collins Tennis Welcome Center is one of six pillars of Phase II of our Capital Campaign.
Learn more about the others here.

Can’t attend but would like to donate in honor of Bud Collins?

All proceeds to benefit the Bud Collins Tennis Welcome Center at Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center.