{"id":673,"date":"2008-07-02T15:28:46","date_gmt":"2008-07-02T19:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/?p=673"},"modified":"2016-02-17T16:33:10","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T20:33:10","slug":"new-york-habitat-accommodations-for-the-2008-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/02\/new-york-habitat-accommodations-for-the-2008-us-open\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Habitat Accommodations for the 2008 US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img alignleft size-medium wp-image-674\" style='width:294px;'>\n\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/arthur_ashe_stadium_interior-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Arthur Ashe Stadium Flushing, New York Pict\" width=\"294\" height=\"220\" \/>\n\t<div>Arthur Ashe Stadium Flushing, New York<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We\u2019ve already filled you in on New York Habitat accommodations for <a title=\"French Open in Paris\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/09\/red-clay-bouncing-balls-and-the-start-of-another-summer-in-paris\/\">the French Open<\/a>, and as any good tennis fan knows, the Grand Slam event\u2019s next stop is in <a title=\"New York Travel info\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/new-york\/\">New York<\/a> for the US Open. Held each year in Flushing, Queens, the US Open attracts thousands of tennis fans from around the world. <strong>This year\u2019s tournament will be held from August 25th to September 7th<\/strong>, an exciting time for sports fans in New York\u2013baseball season is nearing a close, and football is just around the corner. Hotel\u2019s near the stadium raise their prices through the roof during the tournament, all the more reason to look into a New York Habitat <a title=\"Vacation Rentals in New York\" href=\"\/new-york-apartment\/vacation\">rental accommodation in New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As of now, tickets for the US Open are still available. Those not lucky enough to score tickets can sneak a peak at the next great tennis champion during the qualifying tournament, taking place a week before the proper tournament and offering free admission. <\/strong>The hard-court playing surface of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is fast, making it difficult to return a nasty serve. Roger Federer has won 4 straight US Open titles, it will be interesting to see if he can defend his title this year, while the women\u2019s side is wide open\u2013there has been a different winner each of the last seven years. The <a title=\"Queens Travel tips\" href=\"\/blog\/category\/new-york\/new-york-travel-guide\/queens\/\">Queens<\/a> location of the tournament puts in in the geographic center of New York City and is easy to access from anywhere in the city. Here are a few suggested apartments still available for tournament time:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>-This cute <a title=\"New York Apartment: 1 Bedroom Apartment Rental in Jackson Heights, Queens (NY-11830)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/new-york-apartment\/furnished\/11830\">1-bedroom apartment rental in Jackson Heights, Queens (NY-11830)<\/a> is a short distance from the site of the US Open. The apartment features hardwood floors and can accommodate up to four tennis fans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"img alignright size-full wp-image-675\" style='width:300px;'>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/new-york-apartment\/furnished\/12496\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/new_york_apartment_midtown_west_ny12496.jpg\" alt=\"New York Apartment: 2 Bedroom Apartment Rental in Midtown West (NY-12496)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>\n\t<div>New York Apartment: 2 Bedroom Apartment Rental in Midtown West (NY-12496)<\/div>\n<\/div>-This <a title=\"New York Apartment: Studio Apartment Rental in Midtown West (NY-14118)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/new-york-apartment\/furnished\/14118\">studio in Midtown West Chelsea (NY-14118) <\/a>is just 3 block away from the A\/C\/E and N\/R\/Q lines. The apartment also has access to a shared garden terrace.<\/p>\n<p>-This <a title=\"New York Apartment: 2 Bedroom Apartment Rental in Midtown West (NY-12496)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/new-york-apartment\/furnished\/12496\">2-bedroom rental accommodation in Midtown West-Chelsea (NY-12496)<\/a> is also on the 7 line, but offers a lot more space. Considered by New York Habitat agents to be a model apartment, the flat sports modern design touches and has an open feel\u2013not to mention an onsite gym and rooftop terrace.<\/p>\n<p>Comment below about your US Open Tennis expirences or other New York Sports moments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve already filled you in on New York Habitat accommodations for the French Open, and as any good tennis fan knows, the Grand Slam event\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1743,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673\/revisions\/1743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}