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Arthur Ashe Stadium, located within Flushing Meadows Park in Flushing, Queens, New York at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, is the main tennis
Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
 stadium of the US Open, the last of each year's four Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)

The four Grand Slam tournaments are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, and public attention....
 tournaments, and also where the annual Arthur Ashe Kids Day
Arthur Ashe Kids Day

Arthur Ashe Kids' Day is an annual tennis/children?s event that takes place in the end of August at the United States Tennis Association at Arthur Ashe Stadium....
 takes place. The stadium is named after the famous African American
African American

African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the Black people populations of Africa....
 tennis player, Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe

Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. was a professional tennis player, born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Virginia. During his career, he won three Grand Slam titles, putting him among the best ever from the United States of America Ashe, an African American, is also remembered for his efforts to further social causes....
, who won the inaugural US Open in which professionals could compete in 1968.

Opening in 1997, Arthur Ashe Stadium replaced Louis Armstrong Stadium
Louis Armstrong Stadium

Louis Armstrong Stadium is a tennis stadium of the US Open , the last of each year's four Grand Slam tournaments. It is located at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens, in the New York City borough of Queens; it was the main stadium before Arthur Ashe Stadium opened in 1997, and is now the No....
 as the primary venue for the tournament.






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Arthur Ashe Stadium, located within Flushing Meadows Park in Flushing, Queens, New York at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, is the main tennis
Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
 stadium of the US Open, the last of each year's four Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)

The four Grand Slam tournaments are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, and public attention....
 tournaments, and also where the annual Arthur Ashe Kids Day
Arthur Ashe Kids Day

Arthur Ashe Kids' Day is an annual tennis/children?s event that takes place in the end of August at the United States Tennis Association at Arthur Ashe Stadium....
 takes place. The stadium is named after the famous African American
African American

African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the Black people populations of Africa....
 tennis player, Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe

Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. was a professional tennis player, born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Virginia. During his career, he won three Grand Slam titles, putting him among the best ever from the United States of America Ashe, an African American, is also remembered for his efforts to further social causes....
, who won the inaugural US Open in which professionals could compete in 1968.

Opening in 1997, Arthur Ashe Stadium replaced Louis Armstrong Stadium
Louis Armstrong Stadium

Louis Armstrong Stadium is a tennis stadium of the US Open , the last of each year's four Grand Slam tournaments. It is located at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens, in the New York City borough of Queens; it was the main stadium before Arthur Ashe Stadium opened in 1997, and is now the No....
 as the primary venue for the tournament. The Stadium, which cost $254 million to construct, features 22,547 individual seats, 90 luxury suites, five restaurants and a two-level players' lounge -- making it, by far, the largest outdoor tennis-only venue in the world
List of tennis stadiums by capacity

The following is a list of tennis stadia. They are ordered by their Seating capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the stadium can accommodate....
. The Stadium, like the other 32 courts in the facility, has a DecoTurf
DecoTurf

DecoTurf is a tennis Tennis_court#hard_courts comprising layers of Polymethyl methacrylate, rubber, silica, and other materials on top of an asphalt or concrete base....
 cushioned acrylic surface. Due to its location near Citi Field, the home of the New York Mets
New York Mets

The New York Mets are a professional baseball based in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York. The Mets are a member of the National League East of Major League Baseball's National League....
, all these stadiums share the Willets Point–Shea Stadium/Citi Field stop on the New York City Subway
New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit....
's 7 Train
IRT Flushing Line

The Flushing Line is a rapid transit route of the New York City Subway system, operated as part of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company Division and designated the 7 route....
.

On July 19, 2008, Arthur Ashe Stadium hosted the first ever regular season professional basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
 (men or women) game to be played outdoors when the WNBA
Women's National Basketball Association

The Women's National Basketball Association has 13 teams and is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States....
 Indiana Fever
Indiana Fever

The Indiana Fever is a professional women's basketball team that plays in the Women's National Basketball Association . The Fever are based in Indiana's capital and largest city, Indianapolis, Indiana....
 beat the host New York Liberty
New York Liberty

The New York Liberty is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in New York City, New York. They are one of the eight original WNBA teams that began to see action in 1997, as well one of the most successful teams in WNBA history....
, 71–55. The game served as a fundraising event for breast cancer
Breast cancer

Breast cancer is a cancer that starts in the Cell of the breast in women and men. Worldwide, breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer after lung cancer and the fifth most common cause of cancer death....
 research.

The stadium's lack of a retractable roof
Retractable roof

A retractable roof is a Kinetic Architecture architectural element used in many sports venues, in which a roof made of a suitable material can readily be mechanically deployed from some "retracted" or "open" position into a "closed" or "extended" position that completely covers the field of play and spectator areas....
 for inclement weather has occasionally been a subject of criticism. Although no provision for the addition of a roof was included in the facility's original design, there have been discussions about the possibility of adding one in the future.

Arthur Ashe Stadium is equipped with the Hawk-Eye
Hawk-Eye

Hawk-Eye is a computer system used in cricket, tennis and other sports to visually track the path of the ball and display a record of its actual path as graphic image....
 electronic system which allows tennis players to challenge the umpire's decision on calls made throughout championships. In 2005 the color scheme for the courts were changed from green to electric blue inner courts and a light green outer court. All US Open Series events now use this color scheme. The change in court colors were to aid television viewers in tracking the ball since blue contrasts against the yellow tennis balls better.

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  • List of tennis stadiums by capacity
    List of tennis stadiums by capacity

    The following is a list of tennis stadia. They are ordered by their Seating capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the stadium can accommodate....