Skip to content
The COVID Project
  1. Library
  2. Hotels, Travel and Tourism
  3. SEC-06-GM-046

Ex. SEC-06-GM-046 Organizer notice Confirmed from a secondary source

BBC Sport, 'US Open to be held behind closed doors after New York governor gives go-ahead' (June 17, 2020)

US Open Tennis Championships 2020 and 2021

United States Tennis Association · New York (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Queens), NY (Organizer)

The COVID Project

The record

Jurisdiction
New York (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Queens), NY · New York
Level
Organizer
Issued
2020-06-17 June 17, 2020
In force
June 17, 2020 (the notice's date)
Quarters
2020 Q2
Functions reached
  • LG
  • FB
  • GS
  • TV
  • CB
Collection
Hotels, Travel and Tourism SEC-06

Operative words

"The US Open will be held without fans from 31 August to 13 September... under plans approved by the governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo... Players travelling to New York will be entitled to two rooms in an official hotel outside Manhattan." (BBC Sport, June 17, 2020, Ex. SEC-06-GM-046)

The organizer's notice

BBC Sport, 'US Open to be held behind closed doors after New York governor gives go-ahead' (June 17, 2020)

Notes

2020: Played without fans under plans approved by the Governor of New York; players confined to official hotels outside Manhattan. 2021: Played Aug. 30-Sept. 12, 2021 with spectators; Usual dates: Aug. 31-Sept. 13, 2020; Aug. 30-Sept. 12, 2021. Venue orders 2020: NY-032, NY-035, NY-008, MET-NYC-027, MET-NYC-009. Venue orders 2021: MET-NYC-017, MET-NYC-018, NY-133, NY-134.