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Arthur Ashe Stadium
Arthur Ashe Stadium is a Retractable roof tennis arena 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 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, a new lightweight retractable roof was completed in 2016.
At the entrance passageway, which tennis players go through to enter the stadium's court, there is a plaque that displays a quotation delivered by former American tennis player Billie Jean King that reads: “Pressure is a privilege".
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 originally had 22,547 seats, 90 luxury suites, five restaurants, and 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 had 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 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 facility features 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 the blue courts.
On July 19, 2008, the stadium hosted its first non-tennis event, a WNBA outdoor game known as the Liberty Outdoor Classic; it was the first-ever outdoor regular season game in professional basketball. The Indiana Fever beat the host New York Liberty 71–55. Portions of proceeds from the event went to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
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Arthur Ashe Stadium
Arthur Ashe Stadium is a Retractable roof tennis arena 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 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, a new lightweight retractable roof was completed in 2016.
At the entrance passageway, which tennis players go through to enter the stadium's court, there is a plaque that displays a quotation delivered by former American tennis player Billie Jean King that reads: “Pressure is a privilege".
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 originally had 22,547 seats, 90 luxury suites, five restaurants, and 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 had 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 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 facility features 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 the blue courts.
On July 19, 2008, the stadium hosted its first non-tennis event, a WNBA outdoor game known as the Liberty Outdoor Classic; it was the first-ever outdoor regular season game in professional basketball. The Indiana Fever beat the host New York Liberty 71–55. Portions of proceeds from the event went to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.