(21 Aug 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 18 August 2025
1. Spectators watching U.S. Open qualifying match
2. Wide of spectators at U.S. Open qualifying match
3. Wide of USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Chuck Jettmar, U.S. Tennis Association:
“The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center here in New York is the home of the U.S. Open Tennis Championships, which is an outdoor sporting event. The facility itself is entirely equipped with LED event lights. We have a light that’s shaped like a wedge, and that wedge is a big part of what aims the lighting and makes it most efficient. So there’s minimal spillage, there’s minimal spillage outside of the playing area, and there’s minimal spillage outside into the park.”
5. Chuck Jettmar walking on catwalk above Arthur Ashe stadium
6. Various of lights above Arthur Ashe stadium
7. Various of lights in use outside at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New Paltz, New York – 20 August 2025
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) James Brigagliano, DarkSky International:
“The USTA is the first major professional sports facility that we’ve had the pleasure to inspect and certify as DarkSky approved. We have a lot of certified sports fields, but nothing at this level. Most of it’s been recreational level so far.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 18 August 2025
9. Lights shining on tennis courts as spectators walk by
10. Mid of light shining against darkening sky
11. Closeup of spectator watching volley at qualifying match
12. Mid of light shining above spectators
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New Paltz, New York – 20 August 2025
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13. SOUNDBITE (English) James Brigagliano, DarkSky International:
“We’re not looking to plunge the world into medieval times with no light. We just want better quality of lighting. Is the light useful? Is it targeted? Is it low level? Is it controlled, and is it a warmer color? The most important thing is to not have the light source be brighter than it needs to be, and to have it shielded so you don’t see the actual source, you just see the light lighting surfaces.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 18 August 2025
14. Various of lights in use during tennis matches
15. Wide of people walking outside tennis courts in the dark
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 19 August 2025
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16. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeff Sebo, New York University:
“For mammals, birds, amphibians, other animals, even insects, light pollution can disrupt their natural rhythms, their sleep-wake cycles, their ability to evade predators, their ability to migrate.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 18 August 2025
17. Stadium light shining in dark next to tree
18. Various of lights shining through tree leaves
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 19 August 2025
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19. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeff Sebo, New York University:
“The task is not necessarily to get rid of all artificial light, but rather to use it more thoughtfully and selectively so that we can strike a good balance between getting the benefits of being able to see, but then mitigating the risks that all of that extra light has for humans and animals and the environment.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 18 August 2025
20. Wide of engineer sitting in broadcast studio inside Arthur Ashe stadium
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21. SOUNDBITE (English) Chuck Jettmar, U.S. Tennis Association:
22. Engineer showing map that indicates which lights in the complex are in use
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26. Closeup of shining lights
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