Retractable Roof Arthur Ashe Stadium

Aug 25 2016 rafael gamo.

Retractable roof arthur ashe stadium.

Jon disbrow faced a perplexing problem. This will boost the economic impact numbers well above the current 756 million. A retractable roof at arthur ashe stadium will make its debut at this year s united states open in queens. Arthur ashe stadium s new retractable roof is a feat of engineering that stands on its own literally.

Open has built a retractable 150 million roof at arthur ashe stadium after coping for years with rain delays. After suffering successive years of event delays from inclement weather a new lightweight retractable roof was completed in 2016. 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 two panel ceiling opens in the morning and closes at night unless it.

The original stadium design completed in 1997 had not included a roof. Construction on the 150 million project began in 2013. But with all this attention on the new retractable roof at arthur ashe stadium the brand new grandstand stadium may come as a fantastic little surprise according to architect matt rossetti. The stadium is named after arthur ashe winner of the 1968 inaugural us open the first in which professionals could compete.