San Francisco, CA
Laver Cup Heads to San Francisco as Federer’s Role Evolves
Roger Federer and the Laver Cup are headed to San Francisco in 2025, with the international team tennis event to the Golden State Warriors home Chase Center.
Federer played his last matches before retirement at the 2022 Laver Cup, but his current role with the event he co-founded has yet to be defined. One certainty: He will not be a team captain just yet.
“He does not have an official role,” Godsick, the president and CEO of TEAM8, said in a video call. “There is never a big decision that [Laver Cup CEO] Steve [Zacks] and I do not bounce off of him.”
Federer’s role is less undefined as it is unprecedented, as the 20-time Grand Slam champion makes the transition from competitor to brand ambassador, investor and now, founder. “I’m obviously forever connected to the event,” Federer in an interview. “I’m gonna miss playing in it.” But he also enjoys being around fans and sponsors and doing clinics. “I also enjoyed such as sitting down and watching the game [in Vancouver].”
The tournament’s unique format brings 12 top male tennis players to compete against each other, led by two team captains, Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe. Zacks and his team set up the venues for a whole week to bring the signature look, with cameras on the sidelines, where the captains’ interactions with the team are audible. September’s tournament in Berlin will be the last year Borg and McEnroe will lead the teams.
“I could see myself being a captain,” Federer said. But Godsick says it is too early for that. “We’re going from generation to generation, and we haven’t quite gotten to his generation yet,” he said.
Federer and Godsick launched the tournament in 2017. Patterned after golf’s Ryder Cup, with a unique scoring system and the concept of pitting six players from Europe against six players from the rest of the world, the Laver Cup has successfully gained a foothold in the busy tennis calendar. Its black court is already being copied by others, most recently by last Sunday’s Netflix Slam exhibition.
Named after the Australian tennis legend Rod Lever, the only tennis player to win the calendar-year Grand Slam twice, the three-day team event has been an officially sanctioned ATP Tour event since 2019 and enters its seventh year with a 10-year broadcast contract with Discovery, a growing list of sponsors and interest from institutional investors.
“From the first event and every year, including now, we’ve had people ask to acquire, invest in, or buy a piece of our event,” Godsick said.
In addition to Federer and TEAM8, Brazilian billionaire Jorge Paulo Lemann, the USTA, and the Australian Open are also investors in the project. Lemann is also an investor in Federer-backed Swiss shoe company On.
“We have a long-term view of this; now, it is not time to bring on any partners,” he said, but added that if the right partner “can add value, we’ll look at it.”
The event is a brand-building opportunity for Federer, allowing him to stay connected with current and past stars, and a chance to bring the game to locations where some top players may never play.
“I think very interesting to see where the next world locations will be,” Federer said. “The world is a big place, so I think that’s going to be something on the top of the agenda.”
Heart has announced dates for its August 2025 concert tour.
And the Heart trek stops in the Bay Area on Aug. 10 at Chase Center in San Francisco.
Other Golden State dates for Heart are in Bakersfield, San Diego and Rancho Mirage. See heart-music.com for details.
Fellow classic rock great Todd Rundgren is supporting the band on some of these dates, including at the San Francisco show.
Heart, Todd Rundgren tickets for San Francisco go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. April 24, while an artist presale begins on April 21, ticketmaster.com.
Heart August concert dates:
Gorge Amphitheatre, Quincy, Washington, Aug. 8
Chase Center, San Francisco, Aug. 10
Dignity Health Arena, Bakersfield, Aug. 12
Pechanga Arena, San Diego, Aug. 13
Agua Caliente Rancho Mirage, Rancho Mirage, Aug. 15
Findlay Toyota Center, Prescott Valley, Arizona, Aug. 16
Blue Arena, Loveland, Colorado, Aug. 18
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado, Aug. 19
T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Missouri, Aug. 21
Des Moines Civic Center, Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 23
Vibrant Arena, Moline, Illinois, Aug. 24
The University of Akron – E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, Akron, Ohio, Aug. 26
The Great Allentown Fair, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Aug. 27
CMAC, Canadaigua, New York, Aug. 29
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, New York, Aug. 30
San Francisco, CA
SF approves parking meter rate hike to help SFMTA's projected $320 million budget deficit
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — An increase to parking meter rates throughout the city is looming over San Francisco
“I definitely think it’s outrageous. The parking situation isn’t getting any better,” said Garrett De La Concepcion, a San Francisco resident.
Garrett De La Concepcion lives in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood just a few blocks from Chase Center. The affordable housing building where he lives doesn’t have a garage, so he relies on finding street parking every day.
“Right now, I’m probably paying between $19 to $20 bucks a day. It just depends on if there is a game, a Warriors game or a concert then I’m paying close to $60,” said De La Concepcion.
Hearing about the city increasing meter rates to $0.25 an hour citywide is tough to process.
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“It adds up every single day,” said De La Concepcion.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is facing a projected $320 million budget deficit by July of 2026.
Businesses worry about the impact of the price hike so many view the $0.25 an hour increase as just the start.
“We lose a lot of customers because they can’t park. They have nowhere to park and it’s too expensive. It’s taking too much out of our pockets,” said Kenneth Escalante, Supervisor at Cenote Restaurant.
Not to mention his employees.
“It’s already very expensive down here just to find any parking at all. So, if it’s already taking a big chunk of their pocket why? It’s daily too. You have to spend $10 to $ 20 daily and it’s just going to add up eventually. So that is not very good for us,” said Escalante.
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At Tuesday’s meeting, the SFMTA board voted to amend a Transportation Code to increase the minimum parking meter rate.
“To increase the minimum parking meter hourly rate from $0.50 to $1 and to charge a $0.10 convenience fee when paying for parking using a mobile device.”
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Sofia Guglani, owner of Avotast, is concerned that all these changes will impact everyone differently, from residents, customers to business owners.
“I think it’s also going to impact the suppliers that come to drop ingredients for us already because they already charge us a gas fee. I think that fee might increase because they have to pay more to park and deliver for us,” said Guglani.
SFMTA’s confirmed these changes will go into effect in late May.
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San Francisco Police said they are investigating a deadly shooting that happened in the SoMa neighborhood on Monday.
The shooting happened near Turk and Mason streets, around 5:30 p.m.
Police said officers found a victim who had been shot at the scene. The victim was later pronounced deceased.
San Francisco Police said no arrests had been made as of 7:30 p.m.
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