Overview
- One week before the main draw, secondary-market averages show the cheapest way into the grounds is roughly $288 while day-one grounds-pass listings are about $363, far above the $65 face value.
- TicketData and resale platforms report year-over-year get-in price increases of about 13 percent, and individual session listings for Armstrong and Arthur Ashe are often several hundred dollars each.
- Journalists and reporting show many face-value presale tickets sold out quickly after American Express presales in May, with organized resellers and automated bots blamed for capturing large volumes of tickets.
- Prominent critics and longtime fans have publicly condemned the spike, with voices such as Bill Ackman calling the prices 'absurd' and some attendees saying they will skip the event because they can no longer afford it.
- The surge contrasts with much cheaper grounds passes at other Grand Slams and comes as the USTA, a nonprofit that earned most of its revenue from the Open, continues to point buyers to Ticketmaster resale while organizers prepare Fan Week and the main draw.