Tennis's biggest tournament draws hundreds of thousands of fans to Flushing Meadows each year, and increasingly the experience they expect stretches well beyond the court: ticket scanning, mobile hotspots, in-seat streaming and a stadium's worth of devices all leaning on the same network at once. That's the connectivity load AT&T has now signed up to carry for the next five years, extending a relationship with the USTA that already runs deep.
AT&T's Neutral-Host DAS Becomes the Backbone of the Tournament
At the centre of the partnership is AT&T's distributed antenna system (DAS), which will operate as the neutral-host network carrying wireless traffic across Arthur Ashe Stadium and the surrounding grounds. That means every fan's device, regardless of carrier, routes through infrastructure AT&T operates and maintains, a model increasingly common at major stadiums and arenas where a single high-density network beats each carrier building out its own, as Verizon has similarly deployed at scale for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
AT&T is also providing the connectivity behind the tournament's operational layer, powering ticket scanners, hotspots and backup phones on-site. It's a reminder that fan-facing Wi-Fi is only part of what large-scale event connectivity now covers; the systems that get people through the gates and keep staff coordinated depend on the same network holding up.
The USTA and AT&T will also work together on upgrades to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center as the facility evolves, with the next phase of network enhancements targeted ahead of the 2027 tournament.
Deal Adds Hospitality Presence and a Stadium Suite Level
Beyond the network itself, the partnership gives AT&T a physical footprint at the tournament for the first time, with an on-site hospitality space hosting customers and fans courtside. In 2027, AT&T will also become the title partner of one of Arthur Ashe Stadium's new signature suite levels, part of a broader multi-year reimagination of the venue's fan spaces.
Kellyn Smith Kenny, chief marketing and growth officer at AT&T, framed the deal as a deepening of an existing relationship rather than a new one:
