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Tennis facility roundup

While the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center continues its $600 million expansion and renovation, other key tournaments are grappling with their own facility plans.

Wimbledon

The rendering shows the roof planned for No. 1 Court, the venue on the left.
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Wimbledon

Detailed design work for a roof over No. 1 Court (shown to the left in the rendering above) has been completed and construction started in July with the removal of an existing fixed canopy. The $92 million project, scheduled for completion in 2019, includes a new retractable roof, an extra 900 seats, a new public plaza in the place of Court 19, and new hospitality facilities.

French Open
The most cramped of the sport’s Grand Slams, the event plans a $400 million renovation project between 2017 and 2019. The biggest attraction is the addition of a roof to Court Philippe-Chatrier, the main show court. The tournament will build a new court to replace Court 1, to be located in the Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil. This has sparked litigation and delays because of the encroachment on the historic gardens, but the tournament is confident it will succeed.

Australian Open
Perhaps the most developed of any tennis tournament, the event is largely finished with its renovations, which include roofs on three courts. Still to come is a new broadcast center, upgrades to the main stadium and other cosmetic changes.

BNP Paribas Open

The tournament, the fifth-largest tennis event by attendance, plans to expand main stadium suites and build a two-story players’ services building by March 2017. Beyond that, the event in Indian Wells, Calif., wants to build a third stadium and perhaps a hotel.

Miami Open
The tournament would like to expand but has been stymied by a lawsuit over the event’s presence on park land. WME-IMG, owner of the event, has only publicly committed to keeping the tournament in Miami for 2017, leaving open the possibility it could move elsewhere. One prospect is to move the event next to the new USTA tennis development center in Orlando, which would require construction of a new tournament site.


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