⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Walking NYC: Tour of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

Описание: August 25, 2024 - 12 PM to 4 PM
83°F / 28°C

Comprehensive walkthrough (without narration) of the United States Tennis Association's Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, located at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York, during the 2024 US Open's Fan Week festival (although you need to have a ticket to attend the US Open, admission is free during the Fan Week festival). The site is home to Arthur Ashe Stadium, the largest tennis stadium in the world, and to the annual US Open, one of tennis' four Grand Slam championships.

Filmed with my Google Pixel 7 (My GoPro camera was not permitted to be brought inside the venue). Portions of the audio have been replaced due to copyrighted music.

Highlights:
0:00:00 - Entering the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
0:01:29 - Chase Center
0:02:16 - 2024 US Open Draw board
0:03:15 - Louis Armstrong Stadium (Daniil Medvedev and Alexei Popyrin practicing)
0:11:53 - Arthur Ashe Stadium exterior
0:13:57 - Althea Gibson statue
0:15:30 - Inside Arthur Ashe Stadium (Novak Djokovic and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina practicing)
0:31:42 - Practice Court 5 (Andrey Rublev practicing)
0:33:04 - Court 5 (Caroline Dolehide and Chloe Paquet practicing)
0:34:05 - Grandstand Stadium (Jannik Sinner signing autographs)
0:41:50 - Court 8 (Martina Trevisan practicing)
0:44:55 - Court 9 (Tatjana Maria and Zheng Saisai practicing)
0:45:14 - Court 10 (Ana Bogdan practicing)
0:46:41 - Court of Champions wall
0:49:44 - Soul In Flight: Arthur Ashe Memorial
0:49:58 - Court 13 (Adrian Mannarino and David Goffin practicing)
0:50:52 - Courts 14, 15, and 16
0:54:25 - Court 12
0:55:16 - Stadium 17 (Christopher Eubanks practicing)

From Wikipedia:
"The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is a stadium complex within Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. It has been the home of the US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament, played every year in August and September, since 1978 and is operated by the United States Tennis Association (USTA). The facility has 22 courts inside its 46.5 acres and 12 in the adjoining park. The complex's three stadiums are among the largest tennis stadiums in the world; Arthur Ashe Stadium tops the global list with a listed capacity of 23,200. When the facility was built in 1978, all 33 courts used the DecoTurf cushioned acrylic surface, as did Court 17, added in 2011. However, in 2020, the court surfaces were replaced with Laykold.

Near Citi Field (home of the New York Mets) as well as LaGuardia Airport, the tennis center is open to the public for play except during the US Open, junior and wood-racquet competitions. Formerly called the USTA National Tennis Center, the facility was rededicated for Billie Jean King on August 28, 2006."