Us Open New Stadium Roof

The original stadium design completed in 1997 had not included a roof.

Us open new stadium roof.

The day honors the legacy of tennis legend and former american world number. Arthur ashe stadium roof closing for the first time at us open tennis tournament 2016 us open arthur ashe kids day 2016. For 40 years louis armstrong stadium played host to some of the most memorable moments in tennis history. Today a new thread in the rich and vibrant tapestry of the us open was woven.

The three year construction of the roof over arthur ashe stadium is boiled down to a minute in this time lapse. The stadium is named after arthur ashe winner of the 1968 inaugural us open the first in which professionals could compete. Open title rallying to beat victoria azarenka 1 6 6 3 6 3. Two years later the retractable roof over arthur ashe stadium was completed and a new 8 000 seat grandstand opened.

Four time us open champion john mcenroe joined internationally acclaimed musician wynton marsalis and former new york city mayor david dinkins in officially opening the new louis armstrong stadium at a. Sofi stadium is a porous indoor outdoor year round complex featuring yes a 70 000 seat stadium and lots of parking but also a 2 5 acre public plaza an adjacent 6 000 seat performance space. After suffering successive years of event delays from inclement weather a new lightweight retractable roof was completed in 2016. That s about 800 000 pounds heavier than the dallas cowboys video board at at t stadium.

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. The new retractable roof over arthur ashe stadium at the usta billie jean king national tennis center will be ready when the us open begins aug. The two sided video board center hung from the stadium s roof weighs more than two million pounds. When the new armstrong debuts almost the entire campus will have been.