Tennis fans can expect to experience a new-look Arthur Ashe Stadium in time for the 2027 US Open.

A three-year project costing a total of $800million (£592m) is already underway at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 08:  Fans watch the Men's Singles Final match between Taylor Fritz of the United States and Jannik Sinner of Italy outside of Arthur Ashe Stadium on Day Fourteen of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 08, 2024 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Plans to ‘re-do’ the Arthur Ashe Stadium are already fully underway at the US Open
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TOPSHOT - An overall view inside Arthur Ashe Stadium as Italy's Jannik Sinner and Australia's Christopher O'Connell play during their men's singles third round match on day six of the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, on August 31, 2024. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)
The $800m project will see the venue redeveloped and capacity increased by 2,000 seats
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Plans were unveiled earlier this year with a new player performance centre to be erected at the site.

The facilities will cost $250million (£185m) and are expected to be opened in time for the 2027 edition.

Meanwhile, further changes will be in place for next year’s tournament with player relations director and former bro Eric Butorac issuing an update.

They include 2,000 new court-side seats with suites moved inside the arena.

A ‘grand entrance’ will also be added to the Arthur Ashe Stadium, which was opened in 1997 and last renovated nine years ago.

As the centrepiece for the site, the arena holds 23,771 fans as the host venue for the finals at the US Open.

US Open redevelopment plans

Ahead of this year’s event, Butorac lifted the lid on the renovations on the Nothing Major podcast.

He explained: “For the fans, we are going to totally re-do Arthur Ashe Stadium from the seating bowl side.

“The suites are going to move. There is going to be new court-side seats for 2026, and then they will have some club spaces in 2027.”

As for which changes have already been implemented for the 2025 US Open, Butorac added: “There are a couple of new touches this year.

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Plans to renovate the 23,771-capacity venue were unveiled earlier this year[/caption]
A general view shows Arthur Ashe Stadium during the women's quarterfinals match between Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka and China's Zheng Qinwen on day nine of the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, on September 3, 2024. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)
The Arthur Ashe Stadium will have a ‘grand entrance’ added as part of the plans
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“There’s a bar on Court 17, between Courts 16 and 17. You can see into 17 and have a great view.

“It’s something we are trying this year, and we could use that at some other points throughout the venue next year.”

New facilities for US Open players

It is not just fans who can expect to benefit from the renovations at Flushing Meadows, though.

Butorac has also highlighted the alterations planned for the players’ facilities at the venue.

He revealed: “Big renovations will be complete in 2027. It’s a three-year project. $800million investment.

“The player areas, as you guys know it, will be largely the same this year and next year, but by 2027, all of the player areas will move into this new building, which you will see the parking garage, which is complete, and they will live on top of that parking garage.

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A retractable roof was added to the Arthur Ashe Stadium back in 2016[/caption]
The stadium offers luxury boxes for VIP fans too
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 07: A detailed view is seen as Bianca Andreescu of Canada celebrates with the championship trophy during the trophy presentation ceremony after winning the Women's Singles final against Serena Williams of the United States on day thirteen of the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 07, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
The singles draws of the 145th US Open get underway in New York City on Sunday
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“So, all the player spaces will double in size. You guys know what the gym is like, the locker room is like, and the restaurants.

“It’s just absolutely slammed, and the teams now are bigger than the era when we played.”

The 145th edition of the US Open will officially get underway on Sunday with the start of the singles draws.

It follows the new-look mixed doubles tournament this week.

The US Open Mixed Doubles Championship will be held across Tuesday and Wednesday.

British duo Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu meet in the first round alongside their respective partners Jessica Pegula and Carlos Alcaraz.