Us Open Second Stadium Roof

The stadium is named after arthur ashe winner of the 1968 inaugural us open the first in which professionals could compete.

Us open second stadium roof.

Us open set to open second roofed stadium with new armstrong. And so to improve the viewing experience and not let weather conditions affect the play a retractable roof debuted on the arthur ashe stadium in 2016. 1 stadium at the u s. Topped by a retractable roof it s the final stage of a five year 600 million project that remade the usta billie jean king national tennis center all without ever interfering with the tournament.

When the new armstrong opens for play in august at the us open s 50th anniversary complete for the first time with both a day and night session the us tennis association believes its second stadium will be second to none. The us open has the world s biggest tennis stadium. When the new armstrong debuts almost the entire campus will have been. The original stadium design completed in 1997 had not included a roof.

The stadium fits almost entirely in the footprint for the. Two years later the retractable roof over arthur ashe stadium was completed and a new 8 000 seat grandstand opened. Open is about to be replaced by a better than ever no. Dominic thiem made history on wednesday night in arthur ashe stadium defeating 21st seed alex de minaur 6 1 6 2 6 4 to become the first austrian ever to reach the semifinals of the us open.

Us open officials ready second roofed stadium. 2 seed s second win over de minaur in new york having also bested the speedy sydney native in the opening round here in 2017. After suffering successive years of event delays from inclement weather a new lightweight retractable roof was completed in 2016. Some form of air conditioning is needed to cool a stadium when the roof isn t open.

It marked the no. And in 2018 their second stadium louis armstrong stadium also got a retractable roof. Us open set to open second roofed stadium with new armstrong ap new york ap the old no.