Us Open Stadium New Roof

A new 14 000 seat louis armstrong stadium also with a retractable roof has been constructed on the site of the original stadium and was completed in time for the 2018 us open.

Us open stadium new roof.

New york the third time was the charm for the new retractable roof over arthur ashe stadium. That s about 800 000 pounds heavier than the dallas cowboys video board at at t stadium. The original stadium design completed in 1997 had not included a roof. But this will be a vastly improved us open in many other ways as well.

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. Arthur ashe stadium is a tennis stadium at flushing meadows corona park in queens new york city. Tennis association unveiled the 150 million roof over the centerpiece court at the usta. Usta deems retractable roof ready for us open the roof is the great novelty and the much needed upgrade this year.

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. Stadium city country tournament hosted capacity indoor outdoor surface tour ref. It has 8 125 seats making it the third largest court in the center and replaces the old grandstand. 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.

The two sided video board center hung from the stadium s roof weighs more than two million pounds. 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. Two years later the. 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.