Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens, New York, was established in 1912 as a permanent home for New York's West Side Tennis Club.
From 1915 to 1978, the United States Tennis Association hosted its championships here, including the U.S. Open.
Jackie O. and J.F.K. Jr. watch the 1977 U.S. Open at Forest Hills.
The stadium also doubled as a music venue, because of its relatively large capacity (14,000 seats plus standing room) and its accessibility by public transport.
It played host to the likes of Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Who, Diana Ross, The Doors, and Simon & Garfunkel, just to name a few.
At the sold-out concert they played here in 1964, The Beatles were mobbed by fans on stage...
And they laughed it off and went on with the show...
While the NYPD crowd-controlled.
That same year, Barbra Streisand performed here for $4.95 a ticket.
And Jimi Hendrix hung out casually with The Monkees in their green room, before going on stage.
In 1978, when the stadium's capacity fell behind the demands of the U.S. Open, the championship moved away from Forest Hills and concerts became less frequent as well.
Save for one Foo Fighters gig in 1997, no major concerts had taken place here until Mumford & Sons reopened the venue on Wednesday night.
They played to a sold out audience, as part of their Gentlemen of the Road tour.
Letting the audience completely forget that they were standing on tennis courts.
They referenced how honored they were to be on a stage so legendary.
They made some tennis puns and even attempted to play some tennis.
And, all in all, their 90-minute set proved that acoustically and aesthetically, this historical venue is still more than worth the subway ride to Queens.
