Please change US Open to Miami

[R_Federer]

Hard Rock Stadium is much much better than Arthur Ashe. The weather sucks in NYC too and overall NYC is too big for tennis to be honest.

Keep the Miami Open around this time of the year but make it the second slam.

Move Wimbledon more into July so there is more gap between French Open and Wimbledon.

 

[cluckcluck]

No.

 

[OldschoolKIaus]

No.

 

[sureshs]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[jacob22]

Weather sucks NYC? You like hot and humid in South Florida more? Hard Rock Stadium is crap for tennis, such an ugly setup. Your profile person agrees

 

[Tennis Rules]

hardrock stadion = not a tennis stadion

it sucks!!!

 

[R_Federer]

Weather sucks NYC? You like hot and humid in South Florida more? Hard Rock Stadium is crap for tennis, such an ugly setup. Your profile person agrees

it's hot and humid in NYC actually. Miami in March is perfect weather.

 

[R_Federer]

hardrock stadion = not a tennis stadion

it sucks!!!

Arthur Ashe = a tennis stadion?

 

[Centrius]

Nah.Better move it to Indian Wells.

 

[Ronaldo]

Nah.Better move it to Indian Wells.

Add Orlando to Miami and Indian Wells for six slams

 

[Dan Lobb]

New York has the history and tradition....but they need to get the grass back.

 

[Sport]

Hard Rock Stadium is much much better than Arthur Ashe. The weather sucks in NYC too and overall NYC is too big for tennis to be honest.

Keep the Miami Open around this time of the year but make it the second slam.

Move Wimbledon more into July so there is more gap between French Open and Wimbledon.

The weather is colder in NY than in Miami. I personally prefer colder climates. Anyhow, the US Open is played in the summer, or in warm weather months.

By the way, the Arthur Ashe stadium is greater than any Miami tennis stadium.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

The stadium is literally almost empty for all the matches. It's sad. I'm watching Djokovic right now and the amount of empty seats is staggering. This just wouldn't be a thing in Brisbane or Melbourne.

Tragic.

 

[jacob22]

it's hot and humid in NYC actually. Miami in March is perfect weather.

Have you seen the rain delays?

 

[Deleted member 763024]

The stadium is literally almost empty for all the matches. It's sad. I'm watching Djokovic right now and the amount of empty seats is staggering. This just wouldn't be a thing in Brisbane or Melbourne.

Tragic.

Well to be fair, whom do you expect to be attending a weekday afternoon match in March? It's not even Spring break here in the US yet.

The short-hop Aussie 'season' is timed well with your summer/Australia day when people are out and about. The appropriate comparison would be with USO and that's a well attended event any day of the two weeks.

 

[TennisLBC]

For those who go on about moving the US Open to either IW or Miami; please realize that the US is a big country with very different weather in the Summer than the Spring. IW is in the California Desert; to play the US Open in last August, early September, you might as well be walking on the Sun. And in 50 years, Miami will be below sea level..as in underwater.

Leave the US open in NYC. One of the cool things about Slams is they are played in cities that are current or former Capitals in their respective countries.

 

[ChaelAZ]

Miami venue is said to be improved, but you can't get rid of those Floridians there so it's still low brow and self-absorbd.

Indian Wells should take USO.

 

[ollinger]

Let's be patient about moving the US Open; the USTA's current 99 year lease with New York City expires around 2090.

 

[MeatTornado]

Miami in March is perfect weather.

When even Roger Federer needs to change shirts mid-match because he sweated through, that ain't "perfect weather."

 

[titoelcolombiano]

I think the season would probably lose a lot of momentum and media attention as soon as the Wimby final finished if we removed the US Open from the end of the season. If the switch was going to happen, maybe the US Open can stay in September but play it in Miami and the New York Open (indoors - not at Flushing Meadows) can be bumped up to M1000 level to take Miami's spot as it is played in February.

 

[Backspin1183]

Move the US Open to Auckland and call it the NZ Open.

 

[Noletheking]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

When is your next Nadal will win french open thread coming?

 

[George Turner]

Let's be patient about moving the US Open; the USTA's current 99 year lease with New York City expires around 2090.

We'll see peak Zverev by then. I hope i'm around to witness it.

 

[moonballs]

Southern Florida in the mid of hurricane season? No.

 

[Red Rick]

Southern Florida in the mid of hurricane season? No.

Murray would lvoe that

 

[Sartorius]

No.

8/10

No.

6/10 cause it's already said.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

GOAT/10

 

[Red Rick]

8/10



6/10 cause it's already said.



GOAT/10

 

[junior74]

 

[Sartorius]

 

[Ronaldo]

New Orleans???

 

[skaj]

New York has the history and tradition....but they need to get the grass back.

Or clay, both are better for players joints.

 

[Ronaldo]

Or clay, both are better for players joints.

 

[Shaolin]

It should be moved to Cincy.

 

[skaj]

A grand slam in an improvised stadium that looks like a box on a parking lot? It's bad enough that they have moved the Miami masters there...

 

[StringGuruMRT]

Didn't we just go through this last week with Indian Wells?

 

[r2473]

US Open is moving to Salt Lake City in 5 years. Surface will be high desert sand.

 

[StringGuruMRT]

Miami venue is said to be improved, but you can't get rid of those Floridians there so it's still low brow and self-absorbd.

Indian Wells should take USO.

Oh yeah because having it in Cali with the Coachella crowd would be so much better!

 

[Ronaldo]

US Open is moving to Salt Lake City in 5 years. Surface will be high desert sand.

Over turf,

 

[Deleted member 762343]

Hard Rock Stadium is much much better than Arthur Ashe. The weather sucks in NYC too and overall NYC is too big for tennis to be honest.

Keep the Miami Open around this time of the year but make it the second slam.

Move Wimbledon more into July so there is more gap between French Open and Wimbledon.

Okay, I’ll think about it.

 

[Stilljonesing]

Have you seen the rain delays?

It can rain any day on the east coast. People could almost die of heat exahustion in Miami in August/Sept. They almost were in NY last year. Honestly with global warming becoming an issue they should look to push the US Open back 2 or 3 weeks IMO and maybe Miami earlier. These heat and rain events are likely to become more of an issue in the future.

 

[ollinger]

People could almost die of heat exahustion in Miami in August/Sept.

A significant number of football players practicing that time of year HAVE died there

 

[Slightly D1]

Hard Rock stadium will be in full football use for the University of Miami and the Miami Dolphins football teams by the time the US Open rolls around.

Also the players would suffer in Miami weather in late august and early September. It is not ideal to be playing in that heat and humidity for a 5 set major match.

Also it feels like the people who complain the most are the ones who have never actually been to the US Open, sure Ashe is somewhat of a monstrosity for tennis but the entire complex itself is outstanding for hosting a major. Why move a major to a football stadium with temporary courts slapped up in a parking lot from a great venue dedicated solely to tennis?

 

[GeoffHYL]

I used to live in S. Florida back in the 80's. Weather in the summer is killer, hot and humid. The fans would have almost as much heat stroke as the players. Also rains almost every afternoon that time of year. As said above, the stadium would be in use for football as well, so that also works against holding any tournament that time of year, much less a major.

 

[GabeT]