Us Open Arthur Ashe 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 arthur ashe stadium roof.

After suffering successive years of event delays from inclement weather a new lightweight retractable roof was completed in 2016. Rain started to fall with nadal up 6 0 3 3 forcing a slight delay in play while the retractable roof completed for 2016 was closed. The roof has two 800 ton fabric panels made of 210 000 square feet of lightweight ptfe membrane. Completed for the 2016 us open arthur ashe stadium s innovative 150 million retractable roof is the largest of any tennis stadium in the world.

Every august for the us open arthur ashe stadium hosts elite tennis athletes crowds of fans and sponsors for a two week period. The newly unveiled roof over arthur ashe stadium was closed for the first time wednesday night with light rains forcing it to shut during the evening match between rafael nadal and andreas seppi. At 23 771 seats arthur ashe stadium is the primary tennis stadium on the billie jean king national tennis center campus and is the largest tennis stadium in the world. The lightweight octagonal roof measures 520 x 520 236 600 square feet in plan and is supported by eight steel columns located around the stadium s perimeter.

On a rainy thursday night with a closed arthur ashe stadium roof and thick humidity she was denied no. 27 victoria azarenka in the first grand slam semifinal ever to be contested. Arthur ashe stadium roof closes for first time. 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.

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 usta will also open sections of arthur ashe so that players can move throughout the stadium and sit to watch matches or get out of the weather. If you were to visit the arthur ashe stadium today or say for the start of the 2016 u s. The same is true of armstrong stadium where.