U.S. Open tennis tournament to allow 100% fan capacity in 2021
The U.S. Tennis Association announced that all tickets for courts and grounds passes will go on sale in July.
The U.S. Open tennis tournament will allow 100% spectator capacity throughout its entire two weeks in 2021, a year after spectators were banned from the event because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The U.S. Tennis Association announced on Thursday that all tickets for courts and grounds passes will go on sale in July.
The year’s last Grand Slam tournament is scheduled to be held at Flushing Meadows in New York from August 30 to Sept. 12.
The USTA’s decision to return to its usual number of people on-site is the latest step in a return to normal for New York — and for fans of various sports — as the world emerges from more than a year of COVID-19 restrictions.
On Tuesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said many of the state’s remaining social distancing rules would be eased because 70% of its adults have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
