Wimbledon No 1 Court Roof

Wimbledon s new second roof built on budget at 70 million and on time over three years will be unveiled to the public tomorrow.

Wimbledon no 1 court roof.

This year there have been two major innovations at wimbledon. The event will be a special exhibition of tennis and music and will test the new no 1 court roof and air management system showcasing live tennis in front of a capacity crowd of more than 12 000 with proceeds donated to the wimbledon foundation the official charity of the club. In april 2013 the all england club confirmed its intention to build a retractable roof over no. Indeed the bbc and it is very much.

It has not been in use yet. Internationally renowned maltese tenor joseph calleja will also perform as the new no 1 court roof is closed for the first time accompanied by grange park opera s chorus. Gates will open from 11 30am with warm up entertainment commencing at 1 15pm ahead of the main event at 2 00pm. A new retractable roof has been unveiled over wimbledon s no 1 court ahead of this summer s competition.

Constructed over a three year period the steelwork element of the re development of the no 1 court included the demolition of the existing roof built in 1997 infilling and extension of the level 4 and 5 floorplate steel and new fixed roof followed by the construction of a moving roof that will provide full rain cover during the championships. The no 1 court celebration event featuring venus williams and. 1 court roof to the nearly packed stands and national television audience the heavens opened an hour or so before. As wimbledon unveiled its new no.

The new roof cost 70million and is identical to the one that has covered centre court since. 70m quids worth of new clobber. As well as a retractable roof the seating capacity of the court was increased by approximately 1 000 to seat 12 345 people. In 2018 without the roof no 1 court played host to many of the world s best including eventual men s singles winner novak djokovic british men s number one kyle edmund and top seeds in both the men s singles roger federer and ladies singles simona halep.

The roof was needed for the opening ceremony as rainfall swept across sw19 on sunday afternoon. Former brit award winner paloma faith will perform as the headline music act for the no 1 court celebration in support of the wimbledon foundation on sunday 19 may 2019. One is the new roof on no 1 court.