In early April, the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, which annually hosts the New York Grand Slam of the US Open, it became a center for the fight against the coronavirus. The Louis Armstrong track, which for years was the main one, was a dining room where 25,000 meals are prepared daily for the sick and health personnel, among other workers. Other parts of the complex were used as a hospital given the high number of infected registered in New York. There were a total of twelve campaign camps. TOtime, as Ubitennis points out, this section is ready to close.
The last patient treated was discharged last Tuesday, director Danny Zausner announced on the tournament website. In the coming days, the staff will be in charge of removing the structures and disinfecting them. Fortunately, the hospital since the second half of April (a period of greatest difficulty for New York facilities) has never exhausted all available beds. The facility for delivering meals will be the last to close, as it will continue to distribute food until May 22 for restrooms.
For the past few dates, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) has not ruled out postponing the tournament to a later date in 2020, but for now maintains the schedule from August 24 to September 13. One of the options for the US Open is that it be held in New York, but without an audience, something that does not convince those responsible for the USTA. Hence they have thought of another location, in the California desert, a state where the order of confinement could soon be lifted. The Indian Wells Tennis Garden, with a capacity of 16,000 spectators, is the second largest tennis stadium in the United States. For now, everything in the air.