From ny.com
It looks as if the U.S. Open will be getting a roof some day after all.
To avoid more problems with rain in the future, the USTA continues to pursue the possibility of adding a retractable roof and yesterday, Arlen Kantarian, the chief executive officer of professional tennis, said they are more optimistic now than they have ever been about such a project.
"It's now a question of when, as opposed to if," he said.
Kantarian unveiled a rendering for a new design for a translucent roof that would not be as expensive as the $100 million proposals they had considered in the past.
"In the past it was difficult to justify all that money when there have been (10) canceled sessions in the last 20 years, and one in the last two years," he said. "But we've reached the point where we need to look seriously at it, regardless of those (costs)."
Kantarian would not say how much money the USTA could potentially lose from adding an extra day Monday, and from opening up Armstrong Stadium, but he said it was "a lot."
Losing money generates action!
It looks as if the U.S. Open will be getting a roof some day after all.
To avoid more problems with rain in the future, the USTA continues to pursue the possibility of adding a retractable roof and yesterday, Arlen Kantarian, the chief executive officer of professional tennis, said they are more optimistic now than they have ever been about such a project.
"It's now a question of when, as opposed to if," he said.
Kantarian unveiled a rendering for a new design for a translucent roof that would not be as expensive as the $100 million proposals they had considered in the past.
"In the past it was difficult to justify all that money when there have been (10) canceled sessions in the last 20 years, and one in the last two years," he said. "But we've reached the point where we need to look seriously at it, regardless of those (costs)."
Kantarian would not say how much money the USTA could potentially lose from adding an extra day Monday, and from opening up Armstrong Stadium, but he said it was "a lot."
Losing money generates action!
