Arthur Ashe Stadium
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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 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.[2][3]
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Location | USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing, Queens, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°44′59.6″N 73°50′49.3″W |
Public transit | Long Island Rail Road (LIRR): at Mets–Willets Point New York City Subway: trains at Mets–Willets Point |
Owner | USTA |
Capacity | 23,771 |
Surface | Laykold |
Construction | |
Opened | 1997 |
Renovated | 2016 |
Construction cost | $ 254 million ($484 million in 2023 dollars[1]) |
Architect | Rossetti Architects |
Tenants | |
US Open (USTA) (1997–present) Westminster Kennel Club (2023) |
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The stadium is named after Arthur Ashe (1943–1993), winner of the inaugural 1968 US Open, the first in which professionals could compete.[4] 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.