New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday, Aug. 25, that his office will offer 1,000 city residents "affordable" tickets to the upcoming US Open tennis tournament.
"Sports belong to the people," Mamdani said in a statement announcing the upcoming ticket release. "If the world's best tennis players are coming to our city, New Yorkers should be able to see them play."
The city's Democratic Socialist mayor was elected on the promise of making the city affordable and the move to offer discounted tickets to one of the world's most popular sporting events is his latest effort to even the field for New Yorkers.
Discounted tickets will become available for city residents to purchase starting at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26. They will be offered online on a first-come, first-serve basis. Residents can buy up to two tickets for $100 each to matches taking place between Aug. 30 and Sept. 8.
The tickets will allow New Yorkers to potentially see great players including defending champions Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka for hundreds of dollars less than at retail prices. Tickets to the opening session of the tournament sold through the US Open start at $239 and go up to over $1,200, as of the evening of Aug. 25.
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"Sports belong to the people," Mamdani said in a statement announcing the upcoming ticket release. "If the world's best tennis players are coming to our city, New Yorkers should be able to see them play."
The city's Democratic Socialist mayor was elected on the promise of making the city affordable and the move to offer discounted tickets to one of the world's most popular sporting events is his latest effort to even the field for New Yorkers.
Discounted tickets will become available for city residents to purchase starting at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26. They will be offered online on a first-come, first-serve basis. Residents can buy up to two tickets for $100 each to matches taking place between Aug. 30 and Sept. 8.
The tickets will allow New Yorkers to potentially see great players including defending champions Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka for hundreds of dollars less than at retail prices. Tickets to the opening session of the tournament sold through the US Open start at $239 and go up to over $1,200, as of the evening of Aug. 25.
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