Us Open Roof 2015

The 2015 united states open championship was the 115th u s.

Us open roof 2015.

Open played june 18 21 2015 at chambers bay in university place washington southwest of tacoma on the shore of puget sound. Construction of the united states tennis association s usta 100 million retractable roof for arthur ashe stadium which will eventually eliminate fears of rain delays at us open tournaments. Open and consecutive major titles one stroke ahead of runners up dustin johnson and louis oosthuizen this was the first u s. During the 2015 us open the fixed parts of the new construction were visible.

The final piece of steel was installed above ashe on june 10. The us open retractable roof was finally completed and was unveiled in august 2016. Fans coming to this year s us open will not have to look long or hard to discover what s new at the 2015 event. The stadium is named after arthur ashe winner of the 1968 inaugural us open the first in which.

Jordan spieth won his first u s. They need only look up. A tour of the new roof on arthur ashe stadium at the 2015 us open tennis championships with andy taylor and brooke taylor hosts of arthur ashe kids day 2015. Arthur ashe stadium one of the tournament s main show courts the us tennis association s national tennis center in queens new.

The superstructure for the roof over arthur ashe stadium is complete with more than 6 000 tons of steel surrounding arthur ashe stadium in a technological first. Constructing a stand alone support system for a retractable roof over an existing stadium. Open planned to use the roof only for rain unlike the australian open which also does so in cases of extreme heat. Open the qualifying event for the u s.

When open the fixed steel roof will have the tennis world s largest stadium opening at 250 feet by 250 feet 62 500 square feet. The option to put a roof over the us open is relatively new. Open televised by fox sports 1 and fox sports.