Prices High At The US Open

Written by: Staff on 3rd September 2013

Prices High At The US Open

epa03836188 Spanish Tennis player Rafael Nadal (L) signs autographs for fans at the US Open Tennis Arthur Ashe Kids' Day in Flushing Meadows, New York, New York, USA, 24 August 2013. The first round of the Open begins on 26 August and runs through 09 September 2013. EPA/PETER FOLEY |

Prices at the US Open traditionally sit on the higher end of the New York scale, with this year’s edition hardly an exception. The New York Times detailed a day spent at Flushing Meadows – but not so much at the courts – for a group of seven apparently well-heeled local women who spent their away-day conspicuously consuming around the grounds.

Once through the gates at Flushing Meadows, the day began with a drink – or a few – of $40 pitchers of Mojitos and progressed through much of the pricey food and drink offered at venues ranging from French champagne house Moet & Chandon ($24 per glass) to the Champion’s Bar & Grill where a steak goes for $49.

Another outlet sent a reporter around the grounds for a price check. Even just glancing at a sleek Mercedes parked strategically at a busy foot traffic corner outside the Ashe stadium, the browser was hit on by an eager salesman trying to flog the GLC at nearly $75,000.

Other less-exclusive spending options at the most commercial by far of the four majors include: an official tournament cocktail featuring the tiniest allowable measure of sponsor vodka ($14), jumbo tennis balls perfect for autographs at $45 and a replica ballboy jacket ($198).

But only hardcore tennis heads would fancy spending $350 on a used Roger Federer towel or a shirt worn by the one of the Bryan brothers in the 2012 doubles final ($1,485).

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