USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is the national tennis center in the United States and is located in Flushing Meadows in Queens, New York. The center is owned by the United States Tennis Association ( USTA ). Here is the fourth annual Grand Slam tennis tournament, the U.S. Open, instead. The Arthur Ashe Stadium, the largest pure tennis stadium in the world, is the landmark of the plant.

On 28 August 2006, the tennis center after Billie Jean King, a former American tennis player was named.

History

The idea for a new tennis center came WE Hester ( becoming the President of the USTA ) in January 1977, when he flew over the Singer Bowl in Queens on his way to LaGuardia Airport. The stadium was built for the Universal Exhibition in 1964 and has since not been used. Hester asked the city if they would the USTA leave the site for the new home of the U.S. Open. The site was opened in August 1978 just one year later. The old Singer Bowl have been converted into two tennis stadiums. The main square was named after Louis Armstrong and offered 18,000 spectators. The second stadium was named Grandstand and has a capacity of 5,000 spectators.

In 1995 the site was expanded. Next to the old Louis Armstrong Stadium, a new Centre Court was built. With the Arthur Ashe Stadium ( Capacity: 22,547 spectators ), the National Tennis Center has the largest tennis stadium in the world. The old stadium was renovated and reduced to a capacity of 10,000 spectators. It is now used as a Court 1.

On August 16, 2013, the USTA published plans which provide for the construction of two new stadiums and a roof structure for the Arthur Ashe Stadium. These alterations, which have a volume of 550 million U.S. Doller, should be completed in 2018.