Us Open Tennis Roof Construction

With the completion of the retractable roof over arthur ashe stadium and the other enhancements on campus the billie jean king national tennis center is expected to draw an extra 10 000 people day during the us open increasing attendance to 1 2 million visitors.

Us open tennis roof construction.

New york the u s. 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 tennis tournament turns 50 this year and its extreme makeover is nearly complete. Construction on the new louis armstrong stadium began in the fall of 2016 when the old stadium and adjoining grandstand.

Arthur ashe stadium is a tennis stadium at flushing meadows corona park in queens new york city 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. The us open roof on the arthur ashe stadium and louis armstrong stadium was designed by rossetti architects and it s structure engineered by wsp global. 27 the new louis armstrong stadium will be. When the tournament begins on aug.

The stadium is named after arthur ashe winner of the 1968 inaugural us open the first in which. Not only will the 2018 us open celebrate 50 years of tennis in the open era it will also bring to an end the spectacular five year 550 million strategic transformation of the usta billie jean king national tennis center. While the whole re construction of the louis armstrong stadium with the roof had cost 600 million.