US Open 2026 · August 23 – September 13
Courtside on time, every session of the 2026 US Open.
Fixed-price chauffeured car service to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, from Newark, JFK, LaGuardia, or anywhere in New Jersey and New York.
Most car services built around the US Open are Manhattan operations that treat New Jersey as an afterthought. KulaRides is the other way around: an owner-operated NJ & NY chauffeur service that already covers the towns tennis fans are actually leaving from. Whether you're landing at an airport for a single session, driving in from a Jersey suburb, or coordinating a corporate suite, you get one fixed fare agreed before you ride, and a driver who's already timed the route into Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Key Dates & Venue
The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows.
Fan Week runs Aug 23–29, free grounds admission, qualifying, and Kids' Day.
Main draw begins Aug 30, 128 players in each singles bracket.
Women's final Sep 12, men's final Sep 13, both on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Arthur Ashe seats 23,771 under a retractable roof, the largest tennis stadium in the world. Louis Armstrong seats 14,053, also under its own roof.
Tournament Calendar
22 days, six distinct phases, one fixed fare.
Transportation demand climbs steadily from Fan Week through Finals Weekend. Here's what changes at each stage, and what it means for getting there.
Fan Week & Arthur Ashe Kids' Day
LightAug 23 – 24
Grounds admission is free during Fan Week, and Kids' Day fills Arthur Ashe Stadium with a family show and clinics across the outer courts. Crowds and pickup lines are the lightest of the whole tournament, this is the easiest day to move around the complex.
Qualifying & Mixed Doubles
LightAug 25 – 29
128 men and women fight through three rounds of qualifying for the last main-draw spots, played across the outer courts with free grounds access. The revamped Mixed Doubles Championship runs its full draw the same week, wrapping with a semifinal and final on Louis Armstrong and Arthur Ashe.
Main Draw, Week One
ModerateAug 30 – Sep 5
All 128 singles players begin play across Arthur Ashe, Louis Armstrong, and the show courts. Day sessions start at 11:00 AM and night sessions at 7:00 PM on Arthur Ashe, with several dates overlapping, plan your pickup around whichever session you're actually attending, not just the date.
Round of 16 & Quarterfinals
RisingSep 6 – 9
The draw narrows to sixteen, then eight. Night sessions on Arthur Ashe start selling out, and grounds traffic builds through the evening as day-session fans linger for the featured night match.
Semifinals
HighSep 10 – 11
Both singles semifinals play across these two days, drawing full-capacity sessions to Arthur Ashe. This is when post-match exit traffic around Flushing Meadows Corona Park gets genuinely difficult, book your return trip in advance rather than looking for a car afterward.
Finals Weekend
PeakSep 12 – 13
The women's final on Saturday and the men's final on Sunday are the two biggest single sessions of the year at the National Tennis Center. Arthur Ashe runs at its full 23,771-seat capacity both days. We'll update this page with the confirmed finalists as soon as the semifinals wrap.
Getting to Flushing Meadows
Four ways in, one honest comparison.
KulaRides chauffeur
- Door-to-door from home, hotel, or the airport, one fixed price agreed before you ride
- Your driver waits, a five-set match running past midnight doesn't change your fare
- No standing in a rideshare queue after the session lets out
7 train (subway)
- Cheapest option, and the Mets–Willets Point station sits right by the grounds
- Standing-room only leaving night sessions, with real waits on the platform
- Still a 10–15 minute walk from the station to the gates
Rideshare apps
- Fine for a quiet weekday day session with light demand
- Pricing swings hard once a marquee match lets out and thousands request a ride at once
- No way to pre-confirm who's picking you up or exactly when
Drive & park yourself
- Full control over your own schedule
- USTA lots fill early on ticketed days and run $40 or more
- Exit gridlock through Flushing Meadows Corona Park after a big session can run well past 30 minutes
One venue note worth planning around: the USTA directs livery and rideshare pickups to a staging area near the New York State Pavilion rather than the gates themselves, with a short walk to the South Gate. On-site parking is color-coded, Yellow to the north, Blue and Orange to the south, and it fills fastest in the hour before each session.
Built Around How You're Actually Getting There
Three ways fans reach the US Open, one fare structure.
Flying in for a session
LaGuardia sits closest to the grounds, both in Queens, usually 15–20 minutes depending on the session. JFK runs 25–35 minutes. Newark is the outlier at 45–70 minutes once you factor in tunnel or bridge traffic, worth building extra time in if that's your arrival airport. Every airport pickup includes live flight tracking, so a delayed landing doesn't cost you your reservation.
See airport transfers →Coming from New Jersey or the NY suburbs
Most US Open car services are Manhattan-based and treat New Jersey pickups as an afterthought. We're built the other way, dedicated New Jersey and New York coverage from Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Union, and beyond, so a Fort Lee or Hoboken pickup gets the same attention as a Midtown one. Round trip same day, no parking to think about.
Browse your town →Corporate hospitality & groups
Suite guests and hospitality groups need coordinated arrivals, not a scattered set of rideshare pickups. We run multi-vehicle fleets timed to your suite entry, hold the return trip until your group is ready, and consolidate everything onto one invoice for the finance team.
Corporate travel →September 12 – 13
Finals Weekend.
The women's final and men's final are the two biggest sessions of the tournament, both at full 23,771-seat capacity on Arthur Ashe. Vehicle availability for these two dates is the first to sell out every year. We'll add the confirmed finalists to this page as soon as the semifinals conclude, reserve your car now and we'll have your driver ready either way.
Following along during the tournament? We post short travel notes on our blog after the biggest matches, what a result means for grounds traffic and getting home that night.
Questions
US Open transportation, answered.
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