Arthur Ashe Stadium

Arthur Ashe Stadium
	Interior of the Arthur Ashe Stadium during 2018 US Open
Location	USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing, Queens, New York
Coordinates	40°44′59.6″N 73°50′49.3″W / 40.749889°N 73.847028°W
Public transit	Long Island Rail Road (LIRR): Port Washington Branch 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)
Architect	Rossetti Architects
Tenants
	US Open (USTA) (1997–present) ; Westminster Kennel Club (2023)

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]

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.

^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
^ Czermak, Chris (May 3, 2021). "The Top 12 Biggest Tennis Stadiums in the World by Capacity". Tennis Creative.
^ "What's New, and What's Free, at the 2018 U.S. Open". The New York Times. August 20, 2018. The new stadium has the tournament's second retractable roof, after one was added over the 23,771-seat Arthur Ashe Stadium in 2016.
^ "Ashe & Armstrong Stadiums". United States Tennis Association's official website. Archived from the original on November 16, 2005. Retrieved June 30, 2005.

[inflation-US-1] 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.

[2] Czermak, Chris (May 3, 2021). "The Top 12 Biggest Tennis Stadiums in the World by Capacity". Tennis Creative.

[3] "What's New, and What's Free, at the 2018 U.S. Open". The New York Times. August 20, 2018. The new stadium has the tournament's second retractable roof, after one was added over the 23,771-seat Arthur Ashe Stadium in 2016.

[4] "Ashe & Armstrong Stadiums". United States Tennis Association's official website. Archived from the original on November 16, 2005. Retrieved June 30, 2005.

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