{"id":66927,"date":"2025-05-30T19:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T19:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/66927\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T19:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T19:24:10","slug":"mets-hire-us-open-ceo-lew-sherr-to-run-business-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/66927\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets hire US Open CEO Lew Sherr to run business operations"},"content":{"rendered":"

PARIS (AP) \u2014 The New York Mets<\/a> are hiring the person who oversees the U.S. Open<\/a> tennis tournament, Lew Sherr, as their new president of business operations.<\/p>\n

Sherr has been the CEO and executive director of the U.S. Tennis Association since 2022 and has worked there since 2010, including previously as chief revenue officer. His departure was announced by the USTA on Friday; he will remain there until the end of June, then start with the Mets in July.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor right now, my focus is the smoothest possible transition,\u201d Sherr said in an interview with The Associated Press at the French Open<\/a>. \u201cBut I\u2019m hugely excited about what\u2019s happening over there. (Mets owners) Steve and Alex Cohen have made a commitment to that team that is unrivaled in sports. You see it on the field, off the field. The energy around the team. The energy around what they\u2019re trying to do for the community with their foundation. The plans for the casino and the hotel and entertainment district.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steve Cohen is among the bidders for three casino licenses<\/a> to be awarded by the New York State Gaming Commission and has been lobbying to have the state legislature reclassify the parking lots adjacent to Citi Field \u2014 also near the facility that hosts the U.S. Open \u2014 from parkland to commercial land for a gaming facility.<\/p>\n

The Mets announced Scott Havens\u2019 departure as their president of business operations on Tuesday; he was in that post since December 2023. Chief legal officer Katie Pothier, chief marketing officer Andy Goldberg, chief communications officer Nancy Elder and senior vice president of finance Peter Woll have left since November.<\/p>\n

The USTA said Brian Vahaly and Andrea Hirsch will be interim co-CEOs during a search for Sherr\u2019s replacement. Vahaly is chairman of the USTA Board; Hirsch is the USTA\u2019s chief operating officer and chief legal officer.<\/p>\n

In Sherr\u2019s time as CEO, the USTA has seen growth in tennis participation around the country, along with increases in U.S. Open attendance, sponsorships, and revenue from ticket sales and broadcasting rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve taken some big swings,\u201d Sherr said Friday, \u201cand thankfully, they\u2019re paying off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just last week, he spoke at a news conference in New York to unveil an $800 million project<\/a> to update Arthur Ashe Stadium and create a player performance center on the tournament grounds. He also made significant changes to this year\u2019s U.S. Open mixed doubles event<\/a> in a bid to attract top singles players, making it a two-day, 16-team competition the week before the singles brackets begin.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s bittersweet, in that I really have loved being part of this organization for 15 years and the opportunities I\u2019ve had to do just really interesting things \u2014 and not just on the commercial side, but in terms of helping us think about growing the sport,\u201d Sherr said. \u201cI\u2019m leaving sleeping well at night, knowing (the USTA) is going to be well looked-after.\u201d<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP Baseball Writer Ronald Blum in New York contributed.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Howard Fendrich is an AP national writer. Find his stories here: https:\/\/apnews.com\/author\/howard-fendrich<\/a>. AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PARIS (AP) \u2014 The New York Mets are hiring the person who oversees the U.S. Open tennis tournament,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[14198,17976,17975,5,255,17973,17971,17978,17969,4,256,1690,1213,17977,1215,17974,17970,185,1192,13062,17972],"class_list":{"0":"post-66927","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-alex-cohen","9":"tag-andrea-hirsch","10":"tag-andy-goldberg","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-business","13":"tag-business-ownership","14":"tag-corporate-management","15":"tag-katie-pothier","16":"tag-lew-sherr","17":"tag-mlb","18":"tag-mlb-baseball","19":"tag-new-york","20":"tag-new-york-city-wire","21":"tag-new-york-state-government","22":"tag-ny-state-wire","23":"tag-peter-woll","24":"tag-scott-havens","25":"tag-sports","26":"tag-steve-cohen","27":"tag-tennis","28":"tag-u-s-open-tennis-championships"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114598423069547444","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}