Us Open Roof 2015

Open planned to use the roof only for rain unlike the australian open which also does so in cases of extreme heat.

Us open roof 2015.

Open televised by fox sports 1 and fox sports. Arthur ashe stadium is a tennis stadium at flushing meadows corona park in queens new york city part of the usta billie jean king national tennis center it is the main stadium of the us open tennis tournament and the largest tennis stadium in the world with a capacity of 23 771. The option to put a roof over the us open is relatively new. When open the fixed steel roof will have the tennis world s largest stadium opening at 250 feet by 250 feet 62 500 square feet.

Open is the best value in sports and not simply because they are free. The 2015 united states open championship was the 115th u s. Fans coming to this year s us open will not have to look long or hard to discover what s new at the 2015 event. They need only look up.

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. Constructing a stand alone support system for a retractable roof over an existing stadium. Arthur ashe stadium one of the tournament s main show courts the us tennis association s national tennis center in queens new. During the 2015 us open the fixed parts of the new construction were visible.

Jordan spieth won his first u s. The us open retractable roof was finally completed and was unveiled in august 2016. The stadium is named after arthur ashe winner of the 1968 inaugural us open the first in which. New roof structure among changes at arthur ashe for 2015 u s.

The final piece of steel was installed above ashe on june 10. Open the qualifying event for the u s. Open and consecutive major titles one stroke ahead of runners up dustin johnson and louis oosthuizen this was the first u s.