New Courts, Old Spirit: The National Tennis Center Turns 40 - News Summed Up

New Courts, Old Spirit: The National Tennis Center Turns 40


Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, the event’s organizers will be unveiling Armstrong 2.0. That said, the old spirit of the World’s Fair, on whose bones the tennis center rests, somehow hasn’t been extinguished. ARTHUR ASHE STADIUMWorld’s Largest Tennis ArenaWhen Ashe Stadium opened in 1997, critics pounced. The world’s largest tennis stadium, the place was drab, cavernous and not especially functional. With Armstrong now adding night matches, the tennis center has its own version of Broadway and Off Broadway.


Source: New York Times August 26, 2018 09:00 UTC



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