{"id":330311,"date":"2026-08-26T17:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/330311\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T17:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:22:14","slug":"us-open-opens-queens-gazette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/330311\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open Opens &#8211; Queens Gazette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/2026-08-26\/1p1-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209789\" class=\"wp-image-209789 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1p1-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a0\" width=\"300\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-209789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The USTA celebrated the successful launch of the 2026 US Open with a groundbreaking drone presentation, marking the first time drone shows took place simultaneously over the New York City area. The dual performances lit up the skies over Flushing-Meadows Corona Park\u2014the home of the tournament\u2014and above the Hudson River against the iconic New York City skyline, highlighting this year\u2019s theme, \u201cCelebrating Our New York Story.\u201d The drone shows offered spectators a rich visual and audio experience, set to the US Open\u2019s \u201cSonic Identity.\u201d This orches\u00adtral theme, blended with bucket drums, incorporates unique sounds curated for each of New York\u2019s five boroughs to capture the city\u2019s unmis\u00adtakable rhythm and spirit. Please note: unauthorized drones are prohibited and will be taken down or electronically neutralized by the NYPD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 The USTA celebrated the successful launch of the 2026 US Open with a groundbreaking drone presentation, marking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-330311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}