Us Open Stadium New Roof

But this will be a vastly improved us open in many other ways as well.

Us open stadium new roof.

Tennis association unveiled the 150 million roof over the centerpiece court at the usta. The two sided video board center hung from the stadium s roof weighs more than two million pounds. Arthur ashe stadium is a tennis stadium at flushing meadows corona park in queens new york city. Earlier phases of the five year facelift included the addition of three new courts extra practice courts and a viewing balcony on the west side of the grounds in 2014.

The stadium is named after arthur ashe winner of the 1968 inaugural us open the first in which professionals could compete. Sochi russia pfc sochi russian premier league. That s about 800 000 pounds heavier than the dallas cowboys video board at at t stadium. New york the third time was the charm for the new retractable roof over arthur ashe stadium.

The original stadium design completed in 1997 had not included a roof. Two years later the. The underlying ground in corona park was not stable enough to support a new 5 000 ton roof placed on top of the cavernous 24 000 capacity arthur ashe stadium so instead it has been built as a. Stadium city country tournament hosted capacity indoor outdoor surface tour ref.

Part of the usta billie jean king national tennis center it is the main stadium of the us open tennis tournament and the largest tennis stadium in the world with a capacity of 23 771. Roof was designed for the 2014 winter olympics opening and closing ceremonies and the 2014 winter paralympics opening and closing ceremonies as a temporary structure and was removed as part of a renovation in preparation for the 2018. Grandstand is a tennis stadium situated in the usta billie jean king national tennis center in flushing meadows corona park queens new york the stadium which has a capacity to seat 8 125 people is owned by the united states tennis association the court is the third largest at the national tennis center after the arthur ashe and louis armstrong stadiums. Usta deems retractable roof ready for us open the roof is the great novelty and the much needed upgrade this year.