Arthur Ashe Stadium
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The Arthur Ashe Stadium
The Arthur Ashe Stadium,
named after African American tennis player
Arthur Ashe, is part of the
USTA Billie Jean King
National Tennis Center. Ashe won the
Inaugural US Open in 1968.
It is located in Flushing Meadows-Corona
Park in Queens, New York. It is the US
Open’s main
tennis stadium. The last of
the four Grand Slam tournaments and the
Arthur Ashe Kids day
annually take place in the
stadium.
Arthur Ashe Stadium opened in 1997, and
replaced the Louis Armstrong Stadium as the
main venue
for tennis tournaments.
Featuring 22,547 seats, 90 luxury suites, a
two-level players’ lounge and five
restaurants, it cost a staggering US$254
million to construct. It uses a DecoTurf
cushioned acrylic surface, and is one of the
largest outdoor sporting venues in the
world.
The stadium hosted its first regular season
professional basketball game in July 19,
2008 during which, the New York Liberty wad
beaten by the WNBA Indiana Fever. The game
was a fundraiser for breast cancer research.
The color scheme in the stadium was changed
from green to light green outer courts and
electric blue inner courts in 2005. The
change was made to help television viewers
track the ball since yellow tennis balls are
more visible against blue. The scheme is now
being used in all US Open Series events.
