Grandstand
6 Meridian Road | also 121-22 Roosevelt Avenue, 56-01 Grand Central Parkway | Flushing Meadows-Corona Park | built 2016
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- 2013
The USTA announces a $550 million rebuild of the tennis center that includes a new Grandstand
The United States Tennis Association unveiled its $550 million plan to remake the National Tennis Center in August 2013, three months after winning planning approval. One piece was a new Grandstand court to replace the old one of the same name, which had been attached to the original Louis Armstrong Stadium, opened in 1978 and retired in 2016.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2015
Builders set the last steel piece of the new Grandstand on a former parking lot
AECOM started building the stadium in 2015 on what had been a parking lot, with the court sunk 18 feet below grade. Roughly 30 percent of the steel frame stood by the 2015 US Open; work resumed four days after the tournament ended, and the final steel piece went in that December.
“Four days after the tournament construction recommenced and the last steel piece was installed in December 2015.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2016
Caroline Wozniacki wins the first match played in the new Grandstand
The stadium opened on August 29, 2016, the first day of that year's US Open. In the first match on its court, Caroline Wozniacki came back to beat Taylor Townsend 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
“The court made its debut on August 29, 2016, the first day of the 2016 championships. Caroline Wozniacki beat Taylor Townsend…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2016
Rossetti Architects wrap the 8,125-seat stadium in 400 fabric panels
Rossetti Architects gave the stadium 16 sides that read as round, with the bowl rising toward the southwest and dipping to the northeast so fans in Arthur Ashe Stadium can see in. Its exterior is clad in 400 panels of PTFE fabric, meant as a textured folly for people in the park. It seats 8,125, about 2,000 more than the old Grandstand, and was billed as the world's first LEED tennis stadium.
“The outside of the stadium is made up by 400 panels of PTFE fabric to achieve this effect.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2020
The Grandstand court switches from DecoTurf to a Laykold surface
The court was first surfaced with Pro DecoTurf, the material the tennis center had played on since 1978. In 2020 it was resurfaced with Laykold courts made by Advanced Polymer Technology. The playing area, 70 by 126 feet, was sized to echo the 67-by-122-foot court of the earlier Grandstand.
“Originally the playing surface was Pro DecoTurf, which had been used by the tennis center since 1978, but in 2020 it was changed to Laykold…”
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
- Grandstand (US Open)Wikipedia
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