Open era or Open Era may refer to:
- Open Era (tennis), the period since 1968 where professionals can compete in Grand Slams
- Glasnost era, the increased openness in the Soviet Union from the mid-1980s
Open era or wide-open era, may also refer to:
- Open range era of the American Old West when cattle were allowed to roam freely in many states
- Early 20th century in many U.S. communities when gambling, prostitution, and/or other vices were tolerated by local governments. Among these communities were:
- Galveston, Texas
- Hot Springs, Arkansas
Famous quotes containing the words open and/or era:
“We were young, we were merry, we were very very wise,
And the door stood open at our feast,
When there passed us a woman with the West in her eyes,
And a man with his back to the East.”
—Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907)
“This, my first [bicycle] had an intrinsic beauty. And it opened for me an era of all but flying, which roads emptily crossing the airy, gold-gorsy Common enhanced. Nothing since has equalled that birdlike freedom.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)