NEW YORK – The U.S. Open’s Arthur Ashe Stadium will be overhauled as part of a $800 million project announced Monday that the US Tennis Association is being touted as the “largest single investment” in the history of the Grand Slam tournament.
The USTA said it is funding improvements at the Billy Junking National Tennis Centre in Flushing Meadows without the help of the city government.
According to the class action antitrust law filed in federal court in New York in March, the players group co-founded by Novak Djokovic, four major tennis tournaments, the US Open, Wimbledon, French Open and the Australia Open – “over $1.5 billion in 2024, between 20% and 20%) will pay 20% from players (10%).
Separately, in April, Djokovic, Janik Sinner, Alina Sabalenka and Koko Goff were among the 20 major tennis players who signed a letter sent to the head of the Grand Slam tournament.
USTA said there will be no interruptions to scheduled play or fan access for the next two editions of the US Open. Playing this year’s main draw will begin on August 24th. The opening era began in 1968 and the 15th day of competition has been added.
USTA’s jobs, scheduled to be done in time for the 2027 US Open, include the construction of a $250 million player performance center.
The new player area is next to the Practice Court and includes additional courthouses, locker rooms and lounges.
Ash’s courtside level seating capacity will increase from 3,000 to 5,000, but some seats in the other sections have been removed, with the arena totals currently around 23,000 to 24,000, similar to the biggest in Grand Slam tennis. First opened in 1997 and has a retractable roof since 2016, the stadium also houses a new “magnificent entrance”, two new luxury suite levels, more club and restaurant areas, larger updated competitions and toilets, and more escalators and elevators.