Usta Stadium Roof

The center is when in the middle of a 550 million renovation that has included the erection of a retractable roof on arthur ashe stadium which was completed for the 2017 us open.

Usta stadium roof.

Whoops something went wrong. A new show court was opened in 2016 in the southwest corner of the complex. Or call usta customer support for assistance. Tennis association unveiled the 150 million roof over the centerpiece court at the usta billie jean king national tennis center on tuesday after some glitches.

The usta has never cared much about coziness and the outsized roof underlines that notion. The united states tennis association says a retractable roof will be constructed over arthur ashe stadium the main venue for the u s. Early on the high costs to put a roof over the 23 000 seat stadium were well beyond what the usta could afford and did not fit with its mission. Rain has interrupted play at the u s.

The roof is the jewel of a 600 million transformation on the open grounds that also includes the debut of the new 8 000 seat grandstand stadium the third show court which almost hangs over the. Open for the last five years but officials have studied the roof issue since 2003 zausner said. Despite the original design s lacking provisions for a roof the usta announced in 2013 plans to construct a roof for the stadium using a 5 000 short ton 4 536 tonne superstructure having consulted with every architect involved in the design of a stadium roof in north america. The translucent plastic material that completes the roof will not be in place until the 2016 u s.

The roof closed with. This will boost the economic impact numbers well above the current 756 million and increase the global tv viewing audience.