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.
Us open roof 2015.
Open planned to use the roof only for rain unlike the australian open which also does so in cases of extreme heat.
Constructing a stand alone support system for a retractable roof over an existing stadium.
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.
Open televised by fox sports 1 and fox sports.
During the 2015 us open the fixed parts of the new construction were visible.
When open the fixed steel roof will have the tennis world s largest stadium opening at 250 feet by 250 feet 62 500 square feet.
Fans coming to this year s us open will not have to look long or hard to discover what s new at the 2015 event.
Open the qualifying event for the u s.
The option to put a roof over the us open is relatively new.
They need only look up.
New roof structure among changes at arthur ashe for 2015 u s.
The stadium is named after arthur ashe winner of the 1968 inaugural us open the first in which.
The final piece of steel was installed above ashe on june 10.
Open is the best value in sports and not simply because they are free.
Arthur ashe stadium one of the tournament s main show courts the us tennis association s national tennis center in queens new.
Open played june 18 21 2015 at chambers bay in university place washington southwest of tacoma on the shore of puget sound.
The superstructure for the roof over arthur ashe stadium is complete with more than 6 000 tons of steel surrounding arthur ashe stadium in a technological first.
The 2015 united states open championship was the 115th u s.
The us open retractable roof was finally completed and was unveiled in august 2016.