US Open Tennis Tickets for Admittance to the Largest Public Tennis Center in the World
The United States Tennis Association (USTA), uses the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York for its own events up to 60 days a year. This ensures that the remainder of the time, the center is available for use by the public. This equates to the center being available for 11 months out of the year for public use and seven days a week as well. The center closes to the public for three major US holidays, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years day. US Open tennis tickets coveted in the hands of sports fans this year will admit them into the largest tennis event of the year, the US Open, beginning on August 30 and continuing through September 12.
This tennis center opened in 1978 after the USTA moved from a private tennis club on the west side to this public venue. The USTA operates this popular facility for the city of New York and pays the city 1.5 million in rent to be able to use the facility for its own events such as the US Open. The center is the largest facility in the world that the public is able to use and US Open tennis tickets on sale now will bring in an excess of 725,000 people from around the world. Some may remember the location as the site of the 1939 and 1964 worlds’ fairs.
The Arthur Ashe Stadium opened in 1997 and became the centers main stadium. The US Open tennis tickets will seat a little over 22,000 guests at one time at the Arthur Ashe Stadium. In addition, 90 luxury suites and 9 restaurants along with a 2 level player’s lounge make comfort a priority at the stadium. Broadcast around the world in 185 countries, this event is sure to attract attention to this excellent tennis center. In addition to major events like the US Open, the public enjoys tennis clinics, tournaments, youth programs and private tennis instruction on the 30 outdoor tennis courts or the 12 indoor courts that are available to the public. In 2006, the entire facility that includes the Arthur Ashe Stadium, the Grandstand and all of 46.5 acres was renamed after Billie Jean King, the famed tennis star.
