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Every May the United States Tennis Center in Flushing resurfaces its courts. This year, they've taken it a step further, changing the color of the courts to blue from green. They say it will help the visibility for players, spectators and television viewers. Gothamist thinks blue inner courts surrounded by green outer courts make for a hideous combination.
Only Boise State and its blue football field can get away with such a strange playing surface. How hard can it be to see bright yellow tennis balls? The US Open has been played on green surfaces since its inception, whether it be grass, green clay or the green hardcourts. Maybe if the US Open wants its spectators to see the ball, they shouldn't have built the monstrosity that is Arthur Ashe Stadium, where the seats stretch into the clouds.
The US Open's courts will now match those in the US Open series, a series of summer tournaments that help determine the amount of prize money in the US Open. Since the US Open is played after the rest of the Series, changing Flushing's courts to blue will do nothing to excite fans during the Series in July. Maybe Gothamist has better eyes than everyone else, but this change doesn't need to be made.
Photo from USOpen.org
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the only thing they could do to make it worse is to have that thing fox experimented with during hockey games.
It actually does make sense. Although not sure why it's only happening now. I never understood why balls are yellow played on a green surface (I'm sure the surface color is to replicate grass). Although when playing on grass or clay the ball becomes virtually the same color as the court.
I vote for green courts and bright orange balls. I always use the orange ones when I can find them. yes, I'm announcing on gothamist.com that I have orange balls.
should we assume that your orange balls are also fuzzy?
new yorkers just hate change.
no we just hate you.
While they're at it, let's add a flaming streak to the ball whenever it goes above 88 mph. And use runway models instead of ball boys.
It's hideous. I feel like I'm looking at a swimming pool in someone's backyard. The least they could have done was paint the whole thing blue. Sheesh.
Runway models - great idea! They'd lose even more weight and become skeletons chasing balls. Wait - that sounds hot. And also the Meatpacking District on the weekends.