Us Open Roof Construction

The men s final was delayed a day until monday because of rain for five straight years.

Us open roof construction.

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 building of the us open retractable roof began in 2013. The 500 million project paid for by the usta will result in a retractable roof with an opening large enough to lower wimbledon s center court and its retractable roof though it. After suffering successive years of event delays from inclement weather a new lightweight retractable roof was completed in 2016.

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. Construction time of the us open 2019 roof. The original stadium design completed in 1997 had not included a roof. In the intervening three months up to 400 workers have been on site every day to complete the retractable roof over arthur ashe stadium build the new grandstand stadium and transform the south plaza and field courts.

During the 2015 us open the fixed parts of the new construction were visible. Construction resumed at the usta billie jean king national tennis center four days after the completion of the 2015 us open. The stadium is named after arthur ashe winner of the 1968 inaugural us open the first in which professionals could compete. Construction on the new louis armstrong stadium began in the fall of 2016 when the old stadium and adjoining grandstand.

The roof which is the size of 17 olympic swimming pools will be ready when the us open begins on aug. The roof has two 800 ton fabric panels made of 210 000 square feet of lightweight ptfe membrane. The us open retractable roof was finally completed and was unveiled in august 2016. There was no roof over the stands during the event in the following year.

Open begins in late august the new louis armstrong stadium will be finished marking the end of a five year 600 million transformation of the usta billie jean king national.