Venues

Arthur Ashe Stadium, August 30 – September 12

Arthur Ashe Stadium, located in Flushing Meadows Park, is the main tennis stadium of the US Open (the last of each year’s four Grand Slam tournaments) The stadium is also where the annual Arthur Ashe Kids Day takes place
It is located at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens, New York near Shea Stadium, home of the New York Mets. The stadium was named after the famous African American tennis player, Arthur Ashe, who won the inaugural U.S. Open in which professionals could compete in 1968.
It opened in 1997, replacing Louis Armstrong Stadium as the main stadium. Arthur Ashe Stadium, which cost $254 million to build, features 22,547 individual seats, 90 luxury suites, five restaurants and a two-level players’ lounge – making it by far the largest outdoor tennis-only venue in the world.
Arthur Ashe Stadium is a four-level structure that features state-of-the-art broadcast and audio systems, 90 luxury suites, five restaurants, a two-level players’ lounge, and individual seating for 22,547 fans.
Besides the individual seating increment and the improved restroom facilities, the Arthur Ashe Stadium also includes a two-fold increase in the number of entranceways for fans with upper-level seats and a 30-fold increase in seating availability for people in wheelchairs.
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US Open Golf Venues

For four days a year the US Open combines the world’s best golferswith some of finest golf courses around the USA, allowing golf fans from all corners of the States to catch a glimpse of their golfing heroes.

Since it was first played at the Newport Country Club (Rhode Island) back in 1895, the US Open has covered hundreds of thousands of miles.. In addition to this, millions of spectators have lined the fairways to witness a competition that has played host to some of the most memorable moments in US Open History.

Each venue poses different challenges to the US Open players, many of whom consider the Open as the toughest of all four majors. Each major has a set of characteristics that differentiates it from the others and the US Open is no different with the array of long holds, large areas of open rough and hilly greens. Such features place the emphasis on a players ability to drive long distances down narrow the fairways, whilst being able to putt accurately on challenging greens.

Upcoming Venues

• 2011 US Open - Congressional Country Club, Maryland
• 2012 US Open – The Olympic Club, California
• 2013 US Open – Merion Golf Club, Pennsylvania
• 2014 US Open – Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina