Manchester Athletic Club

Location in Massachusetts

Type| Athletic club
Location| Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
Coordinates| 42°35′29″N 70°45′42″W﻿ / ﻿42.59139°N 70.76167°W﻿ / 42.59139; -70.76167[1]
Elevation| 67 feet (20 m)
Opened| 1973
Operated by| Blue Sky Holdings, Inc.
Open| Monday to Thursday: 6:00 AM – 10:00 pm
Friday: 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Saturday: 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Sunday: 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Awards| 2012 Top 100 Clubs in America
Parking| on premises
Website| macbythesea.com

The Manchester Athletic Club (also known as MAC) is an athletic club located in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts with an entrance at 8 Atwater Avenue.[2] The club has seven indoor tennis courts and five outdoor courts, including a stadium court and four courts which are bubbled during the winter months. The tennis academy is a USTA Certified Regional Training Center and has some of New England's best coaches.[neutrality is disputed] MAC also has a large, two-story gym with a variety of equipment, an indoor pool, an outdoor pool, a training turf, a field, an indoor sport court, and an outdoor sport court. It is close by to several running/walking trails and just minutes away from downtown Manchester-by-the-Sea. The athletic club offers individual tennis and fitness lessons, group tennis and fitness lessons, junior tennis academies and camps, junior fitness training camps and a Sports Performance Institute as well as a variety of junior summer camps.[citation needed][original research?]

The Boston Lobsters Tennis Center, home of the Boston Lobsters of World TeamTennis from 2005 through 2015, is located on the club grounds. The stadium has a seating capacity of 1,634 people. On February 17, 2016, WTT announced that the Lobsters would cease operations.[3]

## Awards

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In 2012, Club Industry named Blue Sky Holdings, Inc., the parent company of the Manchester Athletic Club, to the list of the Top 100 Clubs in the United States.[4]

## See also

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* United States portal
* Tennis portal

## References

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1. ^ "Map of Location of Manchester Athletic Club". Google Maps. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
2. ^ "Contact & Directions". Manchester Athletic Club. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
3. ^ "Mylan WTT 2016 Season Includes NYC Return, Expanded Broadcast Coverage". OurSportsCentral. February 17, 2016.
4. ^ "Top 100 Clubs". Manchester Athletic Club. October 16, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2016.

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* Austin Aces (2014–2015)
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* Credit Union 1 Arena (Chicago)
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* USTA National Campus (Orlando)
* Michael J. Hagan Arena (Philadelphia)
* Omni La Costa Resort & Spa (San Diego)
* Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex (Springfield)
* Orleans Arena (Vegas)
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