Tennis
The US Open Tennis Championships
New York, United States
New York · August · Subject to availability
Late August into September — dates to be confirmed
The last major of the year, played on hard courts in Queens across a fortnight of extreme late-summer heat and floodlit night sessions.
The US Open is the loudest and least reverent of the four majors, and deliberately so. The night sessions in the main stadium, under lights and with a New York crowd, produce an atmosphere that the other three do not attempt. The tennis is played on hard courts in genuine heat, which favours a different kind of player, and the fortnight runs from late August into the first week of September. The grounds sit in Queens, twenty to forty minutes from Manhattan depending entirely on the hour. New York in that period is quiet by its own standards, with the city between the summer exodus and the autumn season, which makes the surrounding restaurant and cultural programme unusually accessible for those building a week around the tennis.
- Month
- August
- Recommended stay
- 3–4 nights
- Nearest airports
- TEB · HPN
- Typical clientele
- American and international tennis followers, corporate hospitality groups at scale, New York business and media principals, and families combining the fortnight with the end of the summer.
Why it matters
It closes the tennis year and does so in the most commercially significant city on the circuit, which brings a concentration of business and media presence that the other majors lack. The night sessions are the singular experience in the sport, and the city around the fortnight is at one of its most agreeable points in the year.
How access is arranged
Admission and hospitality are administered by the organisers and arranged with authorised hospitality providers where such programmes exist, by introduction and subject to availability. Scott & Vale coordinates accommodation, movement and dining across the fortnight.
Scott & Vale coordinates travel, accommodation, ground and air movement, security, dining and itinerary design around this occasion, and makes introductions to authorised hospitality providers where such programmes exist. The firm does not sell, allocate, resell or guarantee admission.
Hospitality and travel
Where to stay
- The Carlyle
- Aman New York
- The Mark
- The Lowell
- The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park
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Arrival by air
- TEB — Teterboro The principal business aviation field for New York; forty minutes to the grounds outside peak.
- HPN — Westchester County Forty-five minutes north, with slot and noise restrictions to observe.
Helicopter. Rotations from Manhattan to the grounds take under ten minutes and remove the single worst element of the fortnight, which is the evening return by road.
Dining
- Le Bernardin
- Via Carota
- Casa Mono
- Rezdôra
- Four Twenty Five
Reservations are requested on a member's behalf, subject to availability.
Suggested itinerary
- 01 Day One Arrival at Teterboro and an evening in Manhattan, which is quiet at this point in the year.
- 02 Day Two A day session at the grounds, spent largely on the outside courts, returning to the city for dinner.
- 03 Day Three The city in the day and a night session in the main stadium, which is the point of the fortnight.
- 04 Day Four A final session or a day in the city, with departure that evening or the following morning.
Scott & Vale support
- Private Jet
- Helicopter
- Luxury Hotels
- Luxury Chauffeur
- Corporate Hospitality
- Restaurant Reservations
- Personal Concierge
- Executive Protection
Enquiry
Plan this properly, and plan it early.
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Frequently asked
Day session or night session?
The night sessions carry the atmosphere the tournament is known for. The day sessions offer far better access to the outside courts and the developing matches.
How is movement to the grounds handled?
By road outside peak hours, or by helicopter from Manhattan, which takes under ten minutes and avoids the evening return.
What is the weather likely to be?
Hot and humid in the first week, moderating into September. The stadium roofs cover rain but the heat is a genuine consideration for full days.
What does Scott & Vale arrange?
Accommodation, ground and air movement, dining, security and the itinerary, with introductions to authorised hospitality providers where such programmes exist.
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