Will hordes of influencers, weed smokers and mid-point talkers bring down the US Open?

The useful part

This year, the noise at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center has officially become A Problem. Changing it would mean changing society The first thing you notice while sitting in the upper tiers of Arthur Ashe Stadium is the noise. Overhead, planes descending toward LaGuardia airport ensure the auditory assault takes place by land and air simultaneously.

How it works

• New York is famously noisy, and the US Open, as the most glamorous annual sporting event in town, has always been loud in sympathy with its environment.
• People have been complaining about the volume of the New York crowd for decades.

What to take from it

This year noise at the noisy slam has become A Problem.

Details worth keeping

This year the noise at the US Open feels different.