The US Open is serving up fun and thrills this season in New York City. Big name stars to up and coming pros are helping net days and nights and excitement all over the Big Apple.
At Hyatt Regency Times Square, tennis fans, hotel guests and locals got together for “Pickleball with the Pros. The event featured appearances by top ranked tennis pros and fan favorites including McCartney Kessler (USA), Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic), and Danielle Collins (USA). The tennis athletes played pickleball in an exhibition match against each other and then with guests in a life-sized pop-up court in the hotel’s porte-cochere.
(Courtesy Hyatt Regency)
At the event guests mingled over Pantalones Tequila drinks set up at a bar courtside as they cheered on the players, before they took over the courts in Flushing, Queens. Once the matches were done, guests were treated to a reception at Cue 48, the hotel’s restaurant on the second floor, overlooking Times Square. The activation is the second annual for Hyatt Regency Times Square. The hotel is also celebrating the US Open by offering a package that comes with signed tennis balls, among other fun amenities, as part of its programming.
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