Louis Armstrong Stadium is a 14,000-seat tennis arena with a retractable roof, and hearing a stomp-and-holler folk band fill it is a genuinely odd, genuinely great use of the room. The Lumineers built their reputation on singalongs that scale — the kind of chorus that sounds better with ten thousand people leaning into it. If you've only ever seen this stadium on television during a night session, this is the chance to be inside it with a band on the court.
What to expect
You enter through the National Tennis Center gates in Flushing Meadows and walk the grounds to Armstrong, where floor seating is laid over the court and the bowl rises steeply above it. The roof means the show is weatherproof either way. Concessions operate on the concourse, and the walk back to the 7 train moves in one large post-show wave.
Good to know
- Take the 7 train to Mets-Willets Point and follow the boardwalk across to the tennis center.
- The LIRR Port Washington branch also stops at Mets-Willets Point on event days.
- Louis Armstrong Stadium has a retractable roof, so the show is not weather-dependent.
- The walk from the subway to the stadium takes a solid ten to fifteen minutes — build it in.
- Bag policies at the tennis center are strict; travel light.
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Common questions
Is this part of the US Open tournament?
It's a US Open-presented concert staged in the tournament's stadium. A concert ticket is separate from any tennis session ticket.
How do I get to Louis Armstrong Stadium?
The 7 train to Mets-Willets Point is the standard route, with LIRR service to the same stop on event days.
Is the venue covered?
Yes. Louis Armstrong Stadium has a retractable roof, so the show goes ahead in any weather.
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