Louis Armstrong Stadium
| Louis Armstrong Stadium | |
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| The new Louis Armstrong Stadium (August 2018) | |
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| place | 124-02 Roosevelt Avenue Queens , New York City , New York 11368
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| Coordinates | 40 ° 45 '2.8 " N , 73 ° 50' 44" W |
| owner | United States Tennis Association |
| start of building | 2016 (new building) |
| opening | 1978 (old stadium) August 22, 2018 (new construction) |
| First game | August 22, 2018 John McEnroe and Patrick McEnroe - James Blake and Michael Chang (test) August 27, 2018 Simona Halep - Kaia Kanepi (official) |
| demolition | 2016 |
| surface | Hard court ( DecoTurf ) |
| architect | Rossetti Architects |
| capacity | 18,000 seats (initially) 10,200 seats (dismantling after the opening of the Arthur Ashe Stadium ) 14,000 seats (currently) |
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The Louis Armstrong Stadium is named after the Arthur Ashe Stadium is the second largest tennis stadium of the US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City , United States . Originally the Singer Bowl , which was built for the New York World's Fair in 1964, stood here. The stadium was later renamed to its current name in honor of the musician Louis Armstrong , who lived nearby.
history
In the early 1970s, the United States Tennis Association was looking for a new location for the US Open and found a suitable location in Flushing Meadows Park . The stadium was renovated in 1977 and divided into two stadiums, the Louis Armstrong Stadium and the Grandstand .
New building
As part of the expansion and modernization of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center , the stadium was demolished after the end of the US Open in 2016 in order to build a new one with a capacity of 14,000 spectators. The new stadium will also have a closable roof structure and was completed in 2018.
See also
Web links
- Official website of the tournament (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Louis Armstrong Stadium. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on January 7, 2015 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ NATIONAL TENNIS CENTER. Retrieved January 7, 2015 .
- ^ Armstrong, Back When It Wasn't Tennis, Rocking the House. Retrieved January 7, 2015 .
- ↑ Q&A: US Open Transformation Update. In: usopen.com. January 4, 2016, accessed March 3, 2016 .
