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Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York City, USA
The US Tennis Association (USTA) has unveiled its new strategic vision for the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in the US city of New York, home of the US Open tournament.
A number of construction projects designed to improve the visitor and player experience are part of the Ros- setti-designed plan.
Among the planned improvements, which will reportedly cost US$500m (£312.2m, 382.9m), will be a redevel- opment of the Louis Armstrong Stadium and the construction of an 8,000-seat Grandstand Stadium to the south-west of the site.
The vision – unveiled by USTA and
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg – will allow up to 10,000 more fans each day to attend the US Open and will also improve the facilities year-round.
The vision will allow up to 10,000 more fans each day to attend the US Open Work is due to begin on the fi rst phase of
improvements in Q3 2013 and will take up to eight years to complete. The fi rst project will see the practice court area rebuilt. The Arthur Ashe Stadium will receive ”various cosmetic improvements” but will not get a roof. The fi nal phase of work will be the Louis Armstrong Stadium redevelop- ment. Located at Flushing Meadows, the
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center spans 42 acres (17 hectares) and contains indoor and outdoor tennis facili- ties available for public use. The US Open generates more than US$750m (£468.2m, 574.3m) a year in economic activity.
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LSU Tennis Complex Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US
Louisiana State University has revealed plans to replace the ageing W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium and to build a new tennis complex. Built in 1976, W.T. “Dub” Robinson Sta- dium serves as the home of the LSU Tigers and LSU Lady Tigers tennis teams and has six varsity tennis courts.
28 Plans include 18 indoor and outdoor courts
Plans for the new stadium include six indoor courts, 12 outdoor courts and a big- ger viewing area for fans. The plans for the
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new stadium are partly to address a major shortfall in the LSU tennis programme – it is currently the only programme in the Southeastern Conference without access to on-campus indoor training facilities. Last season, the team lost all of its indoor matches.
It is hoped that the new complex will both improve the results of the elite team as well as attract more talented recruits to take up the LSU tennis offer.
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