Instead of the US Open, it will take a transformation of $ 800 million, Usta said on Monday with the modernization of the well -known Arthur Ashe stadium and the new gaming center for the large Queens area.
Working in the National Tennis Center Billie Jean King will be completed by 2027 the US Open, and the construction will be held in the phases to prevent the tournament edition of 2025 or 2026.
The project will be fully funded by Usta without using any public funds or taxpayers’ money, the national government body of sport said, calling it the largest individual investment in American open history.
“This project allows us to maintain the largest phase of tennis – Arthur Ash Stadium – which was built more than 25 years ago, and modernize it in a way that sets it for another 25 years,” said General and Executive Director Lew Sherr in a statement.
“It also provides us with the opportunity to give players who compete at this stadium, an unrivaled space that allows them to perform best and enjoy a higher level of luxury and comfort while they are out of court.”
Among the upgrades of the Arthur ASHE stadium include the addition of a new “large input” to the facility, 2,000 new seats on the bowl of the court and two new levels of luxury apartment.
The stadium, by far the largest tennis facility in the world with capacity, will also have upgraded auditions, canteens and retail stores.
The twenty -storey performance center of $ 250 million will include extended indoor and outdoor fitness and heating areas, improved dining facilities for indoor players and redesigned dressing rooms that promise a “spa experience”.
Reconstruction is far from the days when players could expect a barrel of beer in the male dressing room, will be the best offering, four times the winner John McEnroe told reporters in Manhattan.
“Today we would be like” What a hell is he? “Said 66 -year -old McEnroe, a native of New Yorker, and the last man who won a major with a wooden missile.
“To see the level that the Usta will be for the US Open … I know the players will be absolutely excited to see it.”
The announcement comes seven years after Usta completed a five -year Renovation project of $ 600 million.
In 2018, more than 14,000 Louis Armstrong capacity stadiums were opened to replace the same name from 1978 and boasts a retractable roof.
In 2024, the US Open welcomed more than a million fans, a record. The main draw of the tournament was extended to 15 days in 2025, with the next day to allow the main draw for another 70,000 participants, the organizers said.
Published:
Sabyasachi Chowdhury
Published on:
May 20, 2025
