Retractable roof coming for US Open

[joeybee12]

NEW YORK -- The United States Tennis Association says a retractable roof will be constructed over Arthur Ashe Stadium, the main venue for the US Open.

The USTA says it will reveal design plans for a makeover of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at a news conference Thursday.

The plans call for a roof on Arthur Ashe Stadium, along with two new stadiums and a plaza where fans can view practice courts.

The USTA has been considering putting a roof on Arthur Ashe Stadium for years to limit weather delays, but officials have said they had not found a cost-effective way to do it.

http://espn.go.com/tennis/story/_/id/9566533/us-open-arthur-ashe-stadium-get-retractable-roof

I guess that just leaves the French wihtout a roof...although I think the US Open needs it more...late August can be very wet in NYC..plenty of times the finals take place later than planned because of all the rain.

[MuseRider]

1. Good deal!

I will be happy to see this. I have never even priced tickets to go but I would imagine they can well afford this on ticket profit alone.

[joeybee12]

2. That and the television rights...nt

[Kingofalldems]

3. Every baseball park should have one.

[joeybee12]

4. I don't want Fenway to have one...

I want that to stay exactly as it is...

Thing about having it at the Open is that it's only a 2-week tournament and only one day of rain can really set the whole thing back quite a bit...not like a baseball season that goes on forever and there's planty of time to make up a few games.

[bigwillq]

5. Good.

No reason why there shouldn't be one.