PARIS -- The New York Mets are hiring the person who oversees the US Open tennis tournament, Lew Sherr, as their new president of business operations.
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.
"For right now, my focus is the smoothest possible transition," Sherr said in an interview with The Associated Press at the French Open.