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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
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. Despite the fact that we can close the roofs, we like to keep the roofs open. The facility itself is entirely equipped with LED event lights."
5. Chuck Jettmar walking on catwalk above Arthur Ashe stadium
6. Various of lights above Arthur Ashe stadium
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Chuck Jettmar, U.S. Tennis Association:
"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."
8. Various of lights in use outside at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Chuck Jettmar, U.S. Tennis Association:
"So there’s minimal spillage. There’s minimal spillage outside of the playing area, and there’s minimal spillage outside into the park.”
10. Spectators clapping in stands
11. Lights shining on tennis courts as spectators walk by
12. Mid of light shining against darkening sky
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New Paltz, New York – 20 August 2025
13. SOUNDBITE (English) James Brigagliano, DarkSky International:
“The USTA is the first major professional sports facility that we’ve had the pleasure to go through the process, inspect and certify as DarkSky approved."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 18 August 2025
14. Closeup of spectator watching volley at qualifying match
15. Mid of light shining above spectators
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New Paltz, New York – 20 August 2025
16. 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 lighting."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 18 August 2025
17. Various of lights in use during tennis matches
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New Paltz, New York – 20 August 2025
18. SOUNDBITE (English) James Brigagliano, DarkSky International:
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
19. Wide of people walking outside tennis courts in the dark
20. Stadium light shining in dark next to tree
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 19 August 2025
21. 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
22. Various of lights shining through tree leaves
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 19 August 2025
23. 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
24. Wide of engineer sitting in broadcast studio inside Arthur Ashe stadium
28. Closeup of shining lights
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