The USTA announced that first
day sales for individual session
tickets for the 2008 US Open set
an all-time record yesterday.
Over 41,000 tickets were sold
yesterday, surpassing the entire
2007 first week sales. Last
year’s first day sales, a record
at the time, was 29,155. Last
year’s US Open set a new
attendance record with 715,587
fans.
The 2008 US Open will be held from Monday, August 25 through Sunday, September 7 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY. US Open individual ticket prices range from $22 to $100.
The 2008 US Open will mark the culmination of the Olympus US Open Series, the six-week summer tennis season linking all major ATP and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour tournaments in North America to the US Open. Last year, more than 75 million viewers watched the US Open on CBS Sports and USA Network, while international broadcasts reached 180 countries.
The 2008 US Open will be held from Monday, August 25 through Sunday, September 7 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY. US Open individual ticket prices range from $22 to $100.
The 2008 US Open will mark the culmination of the Olympus US Open Series, the six-week summer tennis season linking all major ATP and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour tournaments in North America to the US Open. Last year, more than 75 million viewers watched the US Open on CBS Sports and USA Network, while international broadcasts reached 180 countries.