Castings Play Key Role in New Roof at Arthur Ashe Stadium
Cast Connex and Bradken combined to produce a key connection for the renovation of a famous tennis arena. BRIAN SANDALOW
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he U.S. Open is one of the most exciting tennis tournaments of the year. Castings will help make it even better. For two weeks every year, Arthur Ashe Sta- dium is the center of the tennis world. Located in
Queens, New York, it serves as the main arena for the Open, hosting the biggest matches in one of the planet’s most important tournaments. Tens of thousands of ticket-buying spectators and millions more in a worldwide television audi- ence see the stadium as it welcomes international stars like Serena Williams, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. But currently, Arthur Ashe Stadium is undergoing a major
renovation that will dramatically change its look and feel. It’s a renovation with massive and noticeable aspects, but also one made up of less-noticed but equally important phases. Completed in 1997, the stadium was built without a roof.
Because of this, matches were susceptible to the elements and the tournament schedule was often altered because of delays and cancellations. To fight the elements, the U.S. Tennis Association (USTA), the body that owns and operates the facility, announced in 2013 it was adding a retractable roof
国ৠ球Ҹ开赛是一年И最激动ы心ङৠ球 。彩ত加更赛比҅رў铸৲。赛 成ر间时յД有И年一֨֫球કਬș瑟о ֫球કਬș瑟оङ区եछ约াйѹ。心Иङउ世球ৠО 一Ф赛比育ѽङ要重最Їउ世，֫球Пङ赛开Ҹৠ২是 ોș杰ৢ、斯姆廉威ș娜雷塞。办Р里这֨з赛ङם最ङ 票购ЅЇ千成֨星巨ִৠঈר维ॠ约德șұ瓦મ、勒德 进走Јં注ङѨ观Ѕь球Ҷङӹ机ં电ՃљѨ观ङ֫ҵ 。֫球З这 չ观יҿ，ғ整੧进֨正֫球કਬș瑟о，ӹऩ是Ѹ
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Originally built
without a roof, Arthur Ashe Stadium will be protected from the elements after its renovation is complete.
初最֫球કਬș瑟о 新৬，ङ顶و有没是 ر֫球，ե工竣३工 ङ气מ劣恶御抵љՕ 影ր。
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