Us Open Roof Plans

The men s final has been played on a monday for.

Us open roof plans.

Although the french open s expansion plans have been hampered by the limited capacity of roland garros and by opposition. United states tennis association chief executive arlen kantarian said. Open and the decision to build a roof as big improvements for the tournament. The men s final was delayed a day until monday because of rain for five straight years.

But the estimated 100m cost of a roof remains a major issue. Get great seats for multiple days or become a full series subscriber and secure tickets for every match in arthur ashe stadium plus learn about the additional benefits for all us open ticket plans. I would say at this point it s a question of when as opposed to if. The roof which is the size of 17 olympic swimming pools will be ready when the us open begins on aug.

Roger federer sees the return to a sunday men s final at the u s. The us open tennis championships offers a variety of ticket plans. 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. Arthur ashe unveils shiny new roof as slams continue to.

The united states tennis association plans to have a roof over ashe stadium by 2016 or 2017 and one on a new 15 000 seat armstrong stadium by 2018. This year s event has been disrupted by rain and an extra day s play will be required for the second year running. Open s biggest stadium possibly as soon as. Usta reveals plans to build retractable roof over centre court at arthur ashe stadium in flushing meadows a retractable roof will be added to the u s.