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T.J. Maxx 2004 Tour of Gymnastics Champions Tumbles Into Tampa This Saturday Night at the St. Pete Times Forum

November 23, 2004 (Tampa, FL)

After months of anticipation, Carly Patterson, Guard Young, Courtney Kupets and more will come to Tampa for the TJ Maxx 2004 Tour of Gymnastics Champions. The event was originally scheduled for September 17th, but was postponed due to the busy hurricane season. Tickets purchased for the originally scheduled date will be honored at the new event date. Great seats are still available! Don't miss this opportunity to see extraordinary gymnastics like you've never seen before, live at the St. Pete Times Forum this Saturday, November 27th at 7:00pm; Locally presented by Kane's.

The show...Bold. Dynamic. Completely Unrestrained. See America's team when they return from Athens! Witness members of the men's and women's 2004 Olympic Teams and 2004 World Champions Team in their first appearance in Tampa since the Olympics Games in Athens, Greece. Kick start your senses to music, lights and drama. You will marvel as these gymnasts deliver gymnastics in a creative and entertaining atmosphere that will leave you smiling from ear to ear.

Tickets for this event are on sale now at the McDONALD'S BOX OFFICE at the St. Pete Times Forum and all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers including Spec's Music, FYE and the USF Sun Dome. To order tickets by phone call Ticketmaster at 813.287.8844 or 727.898.2100. For more information please call 813.301.2500 or visit www.stpetetimesforum.com. Group discounts are available by calling 813.301.6853. Tickets are priced at $76.75, $46.75, $36.75, $26.75, $19.25. Prices do not include service charges. For dinner reservations at Medallions Restaurant on the night of the event please call 813.301.6926.

Who: WTA Tour’s “Hurricane Tennis Slam”
To Raise Money For Florida Hurricane Relief Fund

When: Saturday, December 18, 2004 ~ 3:00pm

Where: St. Pete Times Forum
Tampa, FL

What: TOP TENNIS STARS MARIA SHARAPOVA AND JENNIFER CAPRIATI JOIN GOVERNOR JEB BUSH TO HEADLINE DECEMBER 18 HURRICANE BENEFIT AT ST. PETE TIMES FORUM

Tickets On Sale Friday, November 12

Women’s Tennis Association (WTA Tour) stars Maria Sharapova and Jennifer Capriati will serve it up during a special tennis exhibition on Saturday, December 18 at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. to raise money for the Florida Hurricane Relief Fund.

In addition to a Sharapova v. Capriati singles match, the WTA Tour’s “Hurricane Tennis Slam” will feature special appearances by Governor Jeb Bush, local celebrities and a doubles match with many other top players on the professional women’s tennis tour.

“Many of the top women’s tennis players in the world live, train and play in Florida and the worldwide headquarters for the Women’s Tennis Association is in St. Petersburg. Our families, friends, neighbors and communities were all affected by this year’s unprecedented hurricane activity,” said WTA Tour CEO Larry Scott. “With the tremendous support of our partners, we are thrilled to bring the excitement of professional women’s tennis to the area in a way that also raises much-needed funds to help ongoing rebuilding efforts.”

“This is going to be a fun afternoon of exciting, entertaining tennis for our fans,” said world #7 and Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova. “Best of all, this is a great way for us to give back to the communities we call home. And I can think of no better time to do this than the holidays.”

Prior to the exhibition, the players will participate in a free Kids Tennis Clinic at the St. Petersburg Tennis Center on December 18 at 10:30a.m. The clinic will also feature renowned tennis instructor Nick Bolletieri of the famed Nick Bolletieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Fla. and several of his up-and-coming tennis student stars.

The St. Pete Times Forum will also be the site of the Mercedes Benz Classic on March 21, 2005, featuring Jim Courier, Andre Agassi, Mardy Fish and others. Proceeds will benefit the Raymond James Courier’s Kids Club with tickets going on sale at the Hurricane Tennis Slam.

About the Florida Hurricane Relief Fund
All proceeds from the WTA Tour’s “Hurricane Tennis Slam” will benefit the Florida Hurricane Relief Fund established by Governor Jeb Bush. The fund is designed to help communities with their rebuilding efforts and is used for needs unmet by other disaster relief organizations also working to help rebuild lives and communities.

The Florida Hurricane Relief Fund is managed by nonprofit Volunteer Florida Foundation. To make a direct, tax-deductible donation to the Fund, call 1-800-825-3786 or visit the internet at www.flahurricanefund.org. To volunteer or make in-kind donations, call 1-800-FL-HELP-1.

About Capriati and Sharapova

Jennifer Capriati burst on the world tennis scene at the age of 13 and promptly became the youngest-ever player to reach a pro final in her first tournament and, at 14 years of age, the youngest player ever to be ranked in the Top 10. Fourteen years later and Capriati's rise, fall, and subsequent comeback remains one of the great sports stories. In 2001, she shocked the tennis world winning both the Australian Open and the French Open, a year in which she also became the Number One ranked player in the world. At the end of the year she was named the Female Athlete of the Year by both the Associated Press and Sports Illustrated. In 2002, she won the ESPY Award for Best Comeback Athlete, and the 2002 Laureus Sports award for Female Athlete of the Year. She won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

A relatively unknown at the start of 2003, Russian sensation Maria Sharapova has skyrocketed towards the top of women’s tennis. Ranked outside the Top 100 a little over a year ago, she is currently at a career-high No. 7 in the world. In 2004 and at 17-years-of-age, Sharapova won Wimbledon in her first Grand Slam final. With this victory, she became the second youngest Wimbledon ladies champion in the Open era, after Martina Hingis, who was 16. Sharapova defeated current world No.1 Lindsay Davenport in the semifinals and the two-time defending Wimbledon champion Serena Williams in the final, 61 64. Since then, she has added two more WTA Tour titles in Seoul and Tokyo.

About the WTA Tour
With headquarters in St. Petersburg, Fla., the WTA Tour is the world’s premier professional sport for women with more than 1,100 players representing 76 nations competing for more than $58 million in prize money at the Tour’s 59 events in 29 countries. More than four million people attended women’s tennis events in 2003 with millions more watching events on television around the world. The WTA Tour season concludes with the WTA Tour Championships presented by Porsche at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California, Nov. 10-15, 2004. Further information on the Tour can be found at www.wtatour.com.

Pollstar - the international newsweekly of the music industry, and one of the concert industry’s leading publications, recently released a report on ticket sales for 2004. The St. Pete Times Forum, in its ninth year of operation, ranked sixth among venues in the United States, and ninth in the world, with a total of 287, 776 tickets sold to concerts and family shows for the period of 1/1/04 - 09/01/04. The study ranked the top 50 venues in the world, with a capacity greater than 15,000, by actual ticket sales for concert events and family shows.

Tickets: Tickets for this event go on sale Friday, November 12th at 10am at the McDONALD’s BOX OFFICE at the St. Pete Times Forum and all Ticketmaster outlets including FYE and the USF Sundome. Tickets are priced at $16.75- $76.75. Prices do not include service charges. All proceeds will benefit the Florida Hurricane Relief Fund. For more information please call 813.301.2500 or visit www.stpetetimesforum.com.

Ticketmaster Phone Numbers:
St. Petersburg 727-898-2100
Tampa 813-287-8844
Orlando 407-839-3900
Lakeland 863-682-5300
Ft. Myers 239-334-3309

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