The New York Open POP Tennis Tournament, hosted by the International POP Tennis Association and sponsored by Adidas and TuffTec Lockers, will be July 29 and 30 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, the home of the US Open Tennis Championships. The event, which offers $10,000 in prize money, will feature former collegiate and professional athletes.

“NEXT Generation: A Tennis Innovation Workshop” will be Oct. 11-15 at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld in Florida. The event is designed for tennis professionals and providers, industry leaders and representatives, manufacturers, media and more.

The schedule for the USRSA World Conference, to be held Oct. 6-9 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla., will feature top leaders and presenters in the industry, including Mark Gonzales, John Gugel, Liam Nolen, Tom Parry and Bob Patterson. The USRSA conference immediately precedes the NEXT Generation workshop, also in Orlando.

Seating Solutions of Commack, N.Y., has custom-designed and constructed the temporary stadium that will replace Louis Armstrong Stadium for the 2017 US Open. The temporary stadium, located in what was formerly Parking Lot B, will have 8,000 seats, including 2,000 reserved seats in the “lower bowl."

The PTR’s inaugural Tennis Technology Conference & Expo will be Nov. 13-14 on Hilton Head Island, followed by the PTR Directors of Tennis Conference Nov. 15-16.

 The USTA announced that the prize money for the 2017 US Open will increase by more than $4 million, bringing the total purse for the tournament to a record $50.4 million, a 9 percent increase over the 2016 US Open prize money totals. With those increases, the US Open becomes the first tennis tournament in history with total prize money compensation topping $50 million. 

Thirty-one innovative products and services have applied for the unique “Tennis Innovation Challenge NYC 2017.” The competition—for innovative products, software and services designed to grow the sport and business of tennis with players, consumers and fans—will culminate at the 10th Annual Tennis Industry Association (TIA) Tennis Forum on Aug. 28 in New York City, when the finalists present to a panel of judges and in front of an audience of industry leaders and executives.

The Tennis Industry Association (TIA) and the SportsCouncil Silicon Valley (SCSV) will present a Future of Tennis & Tech event on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning, Aug. 28 and 29, at the InterContinental Barclay Hotel in New York. Visit tennisindustry.org.

The fifth annual Tennis Owners & Managers (TOM) Conference will be held April 8-11 at Wild Dunes Resort on Isle of Palms, S.C., next to Charleston. The TOM Conference will once again include top experts, consultants and industry leaders. Visit TennisIndustry.org.

The 14th season of the US Open Series, the five-week North American summer tennis season that links seven WTA and ATP World Tour summer hard court tournaments to the US Open, launches July 24 with the men’s BB&T Atlanta Open.