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27-636: Louis Armstrong Stadium is a 14,000-seat tennis stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, one of the venues of the US Open . It opened for the 2018 US Open as a replacement for the 1978 stadium of the same name . It is named after jazz musician Louis Armstrong , who lived nearby until his death in 1971. The stadium has a retractable roof , the largest of its kind among

54-441: A Hawk-Eye electronic system which allows tennis players to challenge the umpire's decision on calls made throughout championships. In 2005, the color scheme for the courts was changed from green to electric blue inner courts and a light green outer court. All US Open Series events now use this color scheme, providing television viewers a more easily trackable ball — with the yellow tennis balls contrasting more visibly against

81-600: A major upgrade and expansion began in March 1995. More land was committed to the USTA National Tennis Center, and in August 1997 the newly built Arthur Ashe Stadium replaced Louis Armstrong Stadium as the main court. The four-year expansion was completed in 1999. Arthur Ashe Stadium holds more than 22,000 spectators while Louis Armstrong Stadium was downsized to hold just 10,000 spectators (the original size

108-403: A new chilled water ventilation system controls humidity when the roof is closed. The new cantilevering design is supported by eight columns that sit on concrete bases, each supported by 20 piles driven 150 to 200 feet deep and has a data acquisition and recording system along with synchronized cameras to interpret the data created by the complex control systems. The roof, which cost $ 150 million,

135-511: A new lightweight retractable roof was completed in 2016 . Arthur Ashe Stadium occupies the site of the United States Pavilion , which was built for the 1964 New York World's Fair and demolished in 1977. The facility, which opened in 1997, replaced Louis Armstrong Stadium as the primary venue for the tournament. It cost $ 254 million to construct, and it originally had 22,547 seats, 90 luxury suites, five restaurants, and

162-593: 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." Notably, the site of the Ashe center featured poor soil conditions. It had previously been Manhattan's Corona Ash Dumps (featured prominently in F. Scott Fitzgerald 's The Great Gatsby as

189-493: A two-level players' lounge, making it by far the largest tennis-only venue in the world . Like the other 32 courts in the facility, it has a DecoTurf cushioned acrylic surface. On August 25, 1997, the stadium opened by hosting the US Open , with Whitney Houston singing " One Moment in Time " during the stadium's inauguration ceremonies and dedicating the performance to the late Arthur Ashe. The first official match played on

216-676: Is a stadium complex within Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens , New York City , United States. It has been the home of the US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament, played every year in August and September, since 1978 and is operated by the United States Tennis Association (USTA). The facility has 22 courts inside its 46.5 acres (0.188 km ; 0.0727 sq mi) and 12 in

243-435: Is the main stadium of the US Open tennis tournament and has a capacity of 23,771, making it the largest tennis stadium in the world. The stadium is named after Arthur Ashe (1943–1993), winner of the inaugural 1968 US Open, the first in which professionals could compete. The original stadium design, completed in 1997 , had not included a roof. After suffering successive years of event delays from inclement weather,

270-882: The New York Liberty . USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is the site of the annual New York State High School tennis championships, held in May. This tournament is sponsored by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA). In March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the city proposed building a temporary 350-bed field hospital in the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center to treat overflow patients from area hospitals. It opened on April 10 and

297-657: The New York Mets ) as well as LaGuardia Airport , the tennis center is open to the public for play except during the US Open, junior and wood-racquet competitions. Formerly called the USTA National Tennis Center , the facility was rededicated for Billie Jean King on August 28, 2006. The idea of the tennis center came about in January 1977, when William Hester , the then-incoming president of

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324-501: The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show announced the primary event will move to Arthur Ashe Stadium in 2023. Lacking a roof, where relatively strong and unpredictable winds could occur inside the stadium, events were vulnerable to inclement weather—and five straight years of rain delays occurred during the US Open men's singles final from 2008 to 2012. Despite the original design's lacking provisions for

351-484: The No. 2 stadiums at Grand Slam venues. At the time of its opening it was the 13th largest tennis venue in the world (based on capacity). It is the first tennis stadium to have a roof and be naturally ventilated. Designers say the terra cotta material contextually relates to the traditional brick buildings on the site while using the material in a new way. The stadium has two levels: The lower bowl has 6,400 reserved seats, and

378-687: The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center and Arthur Ashe Stadium hosted its first non-tennis event, when the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) played in the " Liberty Outdoor Classic : 2008". The game itself was the first professional basketball regular season game played outdoors in the USA, by either men or women. The contest featured the Indiana Fever defeating

405-481: The USTA, saw the underused Singer Bowl on a flight into nearby LaGuardia Airport . He asked the City of New York to let him use the stadium and adjoining land for a tennis facility to host the U.S. Open. The stadium was heavily renovated and divided into two venues: Louis Armstrong Stadium and the adjoining grandstand. The National Tennis Center opened in August 1978. After rumors of a possible move to San Diego ,

432-458: The Valley of Ashes) and prior to that a natural wetland swamp. For the new roof, a very light solution was critical. The roof has two 800-ton fabric panels made of 210,000 square feet (20,000 m ) of lightweight PTFE membrane which can open or close on glides, up to 25 feet per minute, to create an opening roughly the size of 17 Olympic swimming pools. The stadium is not fully conditioned;

459-464: The adjoining park. The complex's three stadiums are among the largest tennis stadiums in the world ; Arthur Ashe Stadium tops the global list with a listed capacity of 23,200. When the facility was built in 1978, all 33 courts used the DecoTurf cushioned acrylic surface, as did Court 17, added in 2011. However, in 2020, the court surfaces were replaced with Laykold . Near Citi Field (home of

486-522: The blue courts. On July 26–28, 2019, the stadium hosted the Fortnite World Cup , a three-day long esports tournament with a prize pool of US$ 30 million, $ 3 million of which awarded to the winner of the Finals. During the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City , the stadium was converted for use as a hospital. On September 22, 2021, the stadium hosted All Elite Wrestling . Dynamite

513-422: The cantilevered upper bowl has over 7,000 unreserved seats. The former Louis Armstrong Stadium was demolished following the 2016 US Open. For the 2017 tournament, while construction was still ongoing on the new stadium, a temporary 8,800-seat stadium was built on the site of the demolished ticket office and East Gate entrance, on Parking Lot B, close to the boardwalk ramp to the subway and LIRR trains. The stadium

540-474: The court was at the 1997 US Open between Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand and Chanda Rubin of the United States . Tanasugarn won in two sets. The stadium has also hosted the first-ever outdoor regular season WNBA game in 2008 ; the Indiana Fever beat the host New York Liberty 71–55 on July 19. The game served as a fundraising event for breast cancer research. The facility features

567-526: The facility opened a new show court, Court 17, located in the southeast corner of the grounds, seating 2,500 to 3,000, making it small in comparison to the facility's other show courts. Next in size after those courts – Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium, and the Grandstand (the latter with a capacity of 8,125) – the court has large television screens and Hawk-Eye electronic line-calling capability which allows for player challenges. In constructing

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594-496: The new court, foundations from the 1939 and 1964 World's Fair were discovered, and the water table was found to be several feet higher than expected. Because the playing surface of Court 17 is below ground level, the new court has received the nickname of "The Pit". Beginning in 2013, the center underwent a $ 550 million renovation that included the erection of a retractable roof on the Arthur Ashe Stadium, which

621-518: Was 18,000). In 2006, at the location of the old indoor tennis building near the East Gate, work began on a 245,000-square-foot, multi-purpose tennis pavilion. The new facility was completed in 2008 and includes 12 courts, classrooms, fitness facilities, and a pro shop . It also includes a hospitality center, museum, and food commissary. Other renovations included the players’ lounge, locker rooms , and medical, training and office space. In 2011,

648-408: Was completed for the 2016 US Open. A new show court with 8,125 seats was opened in 2016 in the southwest corner of the complex, making it the third-largest court in the center (replacing the old Grandstand court). A new, 14,000-seat Louis Armstrong Stadium (also with a retractable roof) was constructed on the site of the original stadium, and was completed in time for the 2018 US Open. In July 2008,

675-411: Was filmed live, alongside tapings for Rampage as well as Elevation . The Dynamite and Rampage episodes were titled "Grand Slam" with Rampage expanded to two hours for the special. The event marked AEW's debut show in New York City and the first professional wrestling show ever held at the tennis complex. "Grand Slam" was held at the stadium again in 2022, 2023, and 2024. On November 3, 2022,

702-435: Was later described by The New York Times as a "cautionary tale" of mismanaged government responses, having cost at least $ 52 million while only treating 79 patients until it closed on May 13. US Open tennis TV Channel List Arthur Ashe Stadium Arthur Ashe Stadium is a tennis arena at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens , New York City. Part of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center , it

729-457: Was opened on August 22, 2018, when John and Patrick McEnroe played an exhibition against James Blake and Michael Chang . The first official match was played during the US Open on August 27, 2018, between Simona Halep and Kaia Kanepi . Kanepi won in two sets, which was the first time a WTA No. 1 had lost in the first round of the US Open. USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

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