USTA Unveils $800M ‘Reimagining’ Of Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Monday, May 19, 2025 at 04:39PM By Barry Janoff
May 19, 2025: Calling it the largest single investment in the tournament’s 145-year-history, the U.S.Tennis Assn. has unveiled plans for an $800-million “reimagining” of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, home of the U.S. Open in Flushing, Queens, NY.
The project includes enhancing and modernizing Arthur Ashe Stadium — built in 1997 and last renovated 2016-18 — and a new player performance center currently scheduled to cost $250 million.
The USTA said the entire project would take place over three phases and be completed by the 2027 U.S. Open “without interruption to scheduled play or fan access for the 2025-26 events.”
“The U.S. Open is the pinnacle of sports and entertainment, with the greatest athletes and fans in all of sports,” Lew Sherr, USTA CEO and executive director, said via the organization.
“This reimagination of Arthur Ashe Stadium and construction of a state-of-the-art Player Performance Center will enhance the experience for everyone that comes on site to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.”
According to the USTA. the $800 million investment in the U.S. Open and the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center ”is entirely self-funded by the USTA, with New York City continuing to benefit from more than $1.2 billion in annual economic impact due to the three weeks of the U.S. Open.
“Combined with the U.S. Open’s most recent transformation project, completed in 2018, the USTA has invested nearly $2 billion into the U.S. Open and its home facility, without using any public, taxpayer or government funding.”
At Arthur Ashe Stadium, the project will create a new Grand Entrance, increase the promenade-level concourse by 40% and modernize concourses with newly designed retail experiences and food and beverage spaces.
There will also be increased access to restrooms, more escalators and elevators, and an upward extension of the court side-level bowl with two new dedicated luxury suite levels.
The USTA said some 2,800 players and members of their teams are at the U.S. Open during the Grand Slam tournament.
The new player performance center two-story facility will be built on the top two floors of a four-floor building on the west side of Arthur Ashe Stadium, adjacent to the practice courts.
It will feature new and expanded indoor and outdoor fitness and warmup areas, with turf, track and U.S. Open court surfaces for training; redesigned and expansive locker rooms and lounges, providing players a spa-like experience; upsized indoor player dining and an all-new outdoor player courtyard, as well as a new, dedicated cafe accessible only by players.
The new Player Performance Center is scheduled to be fully completed and accessible for players and teams by the 2027 US Open.
The 2025 U.S. Open is scheduled for Aug. 25-Sept. 7, with Fan Week and Qualifying Week Aug. 18-23 and Arthur Ashe Kids Day Aug. 23.
“This project enables us to maintain the greatest stage in tennis — Arthur Ashe Stadium — which was constructed more than 25 years ago, and modernize it in a way that will set it up for the next 25 years,” said Sherr.
“It also provides us the opportunity to give the players that compete in that stadium an unparalleled space that will enable them to perform at their best and enjoy a higher level of luxury and comfort while they are off the court.”
The lead architect of the overall project is Rossetti, the architect for the original construction of Arthur Ashe Stadium, as well as the expansive transformation project that was completed in 2018.
“The U.S. Open helps us to deliver on our mission — growing tennis to build healthier people and communities everywhere — by showcasing our sport on the global stage, and this reimagination will bring this presentation to an entirely new level.,” said Sherr.
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