The united states tennis association says a retractable roof will be constructed over arthur ashe stadium the main venue for the u s.
Usta stadium roof.
The translucent plastic material that completes the roof will not be in place until the 2016 u s.
A new show court was opened in 2016 in the southwest corner of the complex.
Open for the last five years but officials have studied the roof issue since 2003 zausner said.
Despite the original design s lacking provisions for a roof the usta announced in 2013 plans to construct a roof for the stadium using a 5 000 short ton 4 536 tonne superstructure having consulted with every architect involved in the design of a stadium roof in north america.
With the completion of the retractable roof over arthur ashe stadium and the other enhancements on campus the billie jean king national tennis center is expected to draw an extra 10 000 people day during the us open increasing attendance to 1 2 million visitors.
The usta has never cared much about coziness and the outsized roof underlines that notion.
The center is when in the middle of a 550 million renovation that has included the erection of a retractable roof on arthur ashe stadium which was completed for the 2017 us open.
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The roof is the jewel of a 600 million transformation on the open grounds that also includes the debut of the new 8 000 seat grandstand stadium the third show court which almost hangs over the.
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Tennis association unveiled the 150 million roof over the centerpiece court at the usta billie jean king national tennis center on tuesday after some glitches.
This will boost the economic impact numbers well above the current 756 million and increase the global tv viewing audience.