--- title: Wimbledon Bans Selfie Sticks description: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club called the tools a nuisance and wanted to make sure they do not interfere with spectators enjoyment canonical: https://time.com/3836502/wimbledon-selfie-sticks-ban/ author: Olivia B. 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Waxman Staff Writer Apr 27, 2015 2:44 PM UTC The Wimbledon tennis tournament has [banned selfie sticks.](http://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ticket%5Fholders%5Fguide%5F2015.pdf) The [Sunday _Times_](http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/article1548844.ece) reports that the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club referred the “nuisance value” of the accessory ([a monorod](http://time.com/3393333/how-the-selfie-stick-is-killing-the-selfie/) that is supposed to make taking selfies on cell phones easier) in a statement and said the fans will be prohibited from bringing them into the Grounds so as not to “interfere with spectators’ enjoyment.” In the last few months, [art museums](http://time.com/3710456/museum-self-stick/) such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) have also banned the device because of concerns that visitors waving selfie sticks could damage the artworks. _Read next:_ [_How the Selfie Stick Is Killing the Selfie_](http://time.com/3393333/how-the-selfie-stick-is-killing-the-selfie/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3836502/wimbledon-selfie-sticks-ban/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3836502/wimbledon-selfie-sticks-ban/"},"headline":"Wimbledon Bans Selfie Sticks","datePublished":"2015-04-27T14:44:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:09.809Z","description":"Organizers cited the much-maligned accessory's \"nuisance value\"","url":"https://time.com/3836502/wimbledon-selfie-sticks-ban/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08a764b75247aede/6987ed02a988ca4eb56b063e/selfie-sticks-wimbledon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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