Recent Posts tagged with Arthur Ashe Stadium
By Dan Daley, Audio Editor | Wednesday, August 30, 2023 - 7:00 am
Bounded by the clattering elevated 7 train and La Guardia airport, Arthur Ashe Stadium, part of USTA’s Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY, has always been a […]
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By Dan Daley, Audio Editor | Thursday, September 8, 2016 - 9:41 am
In getting a retractable roof, Arthur Ashe Stadium at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, NY, traded one issue bedeviling tennis for another: instead of getting wet […]
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By Karen Hogan Ketchum | Tuesday, August 30, 2016 - 1:22 pm
In 2013, following a stretch of rain-drenched US Opens, the United States Tennis Association set in motion a three-phase plan to build a retractable roof over Arthur Ashe Stadium. As […]
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By Karen Hogan Ketchum | Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - 12:05 pm
Six months before the US Open opens across the street from Citi Field, there is plenty of construction underway at the USTA Bille Jean King National Tennis Center, including the […]
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By SVG Staff | Friday, August 21, 2015 - 9:00 am
The Calgary Flames won’t play in the Saddledome much longer if their proposed $890 million hockey arena and associated fieldhouse/stadium gets built, writes Sports Illustrated. During a press conference on […]
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By SVG Staff | Friday, June 19, 2015 - 9:00 am
The Minnesota Vikings will play in U.S. Bank Stadium starting next season, per a 20-year exclusive naming rights agreement with the banking behemoth, writes the Associated Press. The agreement was […]
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By SVG Staff | Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - 9:00 am
The Chicago Bears will enhance the stadium experience for fans attending home games this season at Soldier Field with the addition of new video boards and an indoor club comparable […]
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By Karen Hogan Ketchum | Friday, June 6, 2014 - 9:00 am
Cobb Commissioners voted unanimously, 5-0, on the operating agreement that will bound the county to borrow up to $397 million to build the Atlanta Braves a new stadium scheduled to […]
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By SVG Staff | Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 9:00 am
Compiled by Karen Hogan, Associate Editor, Sports Video Group Reliant Stadium, home of the Houston Texans, now boasts two video screens that beat the record previously held by Dallas. At […]
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By Karen Hogan Ketchum | Thursday, September 8, 2011 - 9:00 am
As rain threatens play at the US Open and the tournament appears headed for a fourth straight late finish, players and spectators alike are calling for a roof over Arthur […]
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