Question: The 1994 US Open was a tennis tournament played at the USTA National Tennis Center in a city that is the most populous city in the United States, that had a 2016 population of 8,537,673, that was distributed over a land area of what size?
Context: The 1994 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States.  It was the 114th edition of the US Open and was held from August 29 to September 11, 1994. The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.  With an estimated 2016 population of 8,537,673 distributed over a land area of about 302.6 sqmi , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States.  Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.  A global power city, New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media and entertainment, art, fashion, research, technology, education, politics, and sports, its fast pace defining the term "New York minute".  Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world. William Hester, also known as Slew Hester (May 7, 1912 - February 8, 1993) was an American tennis player and official.  He was the president of the United States Tennis Association from 1977 to 1978.  He was the first president of the USTA from the Deep South.  He moved the USTA out of the West Side Tennis Club into the USTA National Tennis Center (now known as the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center).  In spite of protests against the apartheid regime from African nations and civil rights activists, Hester let South Africa compete in two tournaments against the United States, first in Newport Beach, California in April 1977 and next at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee in March 1978.  He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1981. The inaugural US Open men's doubles tennis tournament, in 1881, was reserved for United States National Lawn Tennis Association (USNLTA) club members and was won by Clarence Clark and Frederick Winslow Taylor.  The following year, 1882, the championships opened to international competitors.  Between 1890 and 1906 sectional tournaments were held in the east and the west of the country to determine the best two doubles teams, which competed in a play-off in Newport to see who would play the defending champions in the challenge round.  The challenge system was abolished in 1920.  The doubles event was held in various locations; Newport (1881–1914), Forest Hills (1915–1916, 1942–1945, 1968–1977), Longwood (1917–1933, 1935–1941, 1946–1967) and Germantown, Philadelphia (1934) before it settled in 1978 at the USTA National Tennis Center, now the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, in New York City. The 2000 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States of America.  It was the 120th edition of the US Open and was held from 28 August through 10 September 2000. The 2000 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States of America.  It was the 120th edition of the US Open and was held from 28 August through 10 September 2000. The 1994 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States.  It was the 114th edition of the US Open and was held from August 29 to September 11, 1994. The 1978 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States.  It was the 99th edition of the US Open and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of the year.  The tournament was held from August 28 to September 10, 1978, and the singles titles were won by Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert.  This was the first year the US Open was played at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows after having been organized at the West Side Tennis Club venue in Forest Hills since 1915.  It was also the first time the tournament was played on hard courts, as opposed to much of its history on grass and a brief stint, from 1975 through 1977, on clay. The 1994 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States.  It was the 114th edition of the US Open and was held from August 29 to September 11, 1994. The 1979 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States.  It was the 99th edition of the US Open and the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.  The tournament was held from August 28 to September 9, 1979.  John McEnroe and Tracy Austin won the singles titles.
Answer: 302.6 sqmi