The US Open, whose main draw starts this Sunday and concludes on Sunday, September 7 (the qualifying rounds began Monday and ends today) will be two weeks of highly intense and legacy-building tennis held at the sprawling and spectacular USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens.

It is one of the world’s premier annual sporting and social events, and a revenue-generating behemoth for New York City. The economic impact of last year’s tournament, reported by many media sources, was roughly $1.2 billion.

The total prize money has grown $15 million over last year’s $75 million purse, which was a record for the most in tennis history. This year, a whopping $90 million is up for grabs. The men’s and women’s singles winners will bag a massive $5 mill

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