Trump's U.s. Open Arrival Delays Match And Leaves Many Seats Empty

President Donald Trump’s presence astatine nan U.S. Open men’s singles last appeared to origin delayed introduction for spectators, resulting successful agelong lines of disappointment fans and quiet seats successful nan sprawling Arthur Ashe Stadium.

The last betwixt Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz kicked disconnected astatine 2:30 p.m. ET, which was half an hr later than its primitively scheduled clip owed to “security measures successful place” and to “ensure that fans person further clip to get to their seats,” the U.S. Open wrote connected X.

Trump walked astir to activity to nan crowd astatine astir 1:45 p.m. arsenic nan stadium was conscionable astir 10% afloat and was met pinch a activity of mixed cheers and boos. He past took his spot astatine nan Rolex container located astatine midcourt.

Long lines astatine nan U.S. Open successful New York City connected Sunday.Courtesy Leah Gomberg

He was joined by White House main of unit Susie Wiles, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, property caput Karoline Leavitt, typical envoy Steve Witkoff, his son-in-law Jared Kushner and granddaughter Arabella Kushner.

The absence of nan usually packed crowd was noticeable.

One announcer noted connected air: “So galore still waiting successful information lines to get in, a batch of them were caught disconnected defender ... not told to hole for this.” Another announcer added, “That’s a bummer. These 2 are going astatine it,” referring to nan 2 top-ranked players.

Leah Gomberg, 57, said she waited for astir 4 hours, including successful unexpected postulation and information lines, to get in.

She described seeing 30 TSA-level information scanners astatine nan introduction to Arthur Ashe stadium, which she described arsenic different astatine nan U.S. Open. Gomberg said she waited an hr and 20 minutes to conscionable to scope nan scanners.

Security, including Secret Service, astatine nan U.S. Open successful New York City connected Sunday.Courtesy Leah Gomberg

“There’s for illustration thousands and thousands of group and it’s already 1 group through. We’ve each paid a batch of money to get into our seats and we can’t,” she told NBC News earlier gaining introduction astatine 3:50 p.m.

“Everybody is pissed disconnected and location was a batch of booing successful nan beginning. People from each complete nan world are opinionated present because they came to nan U.S. Open to spot tennis,” Gomberg continued. “Now it’s half-empty successful there, though each nan celebrated group are there, and of people Mr. Trump is successful there, but not nan group who paid a batch of money for their tickets.”

Gomberg said nan postulation started connected nan road en way to nan stadium.

“We really were stuck connected nan road and sewage retired of nan car and walked much than a mile, and near my hubby to effort to find parking,” she said. “He had to parkland connected nan different broadside of nan Open connected nan streets because they conscionable stopped people. There was nary getting into parking.”