Wimbledon Centre Court Has Retractable Roof

Alongside the development of the roof structure there are extensions to the hospitality levels around the stadia to accommodate an increase in the numbers of hospitality suites.

Wimbledon centre court has retractable roof.

It is considered the world s most famous tennis court. On 17 may 2009 centre court at the all england lawn tennis club aeltc in wimbledon tested the functionality of its new retractable roof with upgraded 15 000 seat capacity. As the all england club unveiled the retractable roof at centre court yesterday that will lead to the biggest scheduling shake up in wimbledon s 132 year history organisers admitted indoor. It incorporates the clubhouse of the all england lawn tennis and croquet club its only regular use for play is during the two weeks a year that the championships take place.

Moog industrial group has put in place a high performance electric actuation solution that operates the newly installed retractable roof above wimbledon s centre court. The grass is sacred says populous principal dale jennins of the courts at london s all england lawn tennis club. So when jennins team was designing a retractable roof for the centre court the main stage of the wimbledon tennis championship the most important thing to determine was how not to block the sunlight that feeds the world s most visible patch of grass. After the success of the retractable roof on the centre court the club installed another roof on the no 1 court this year.

Centre court is the main court at the championships wimbledon the third annual grand slam event of the tennis calendar. A new retractable roof has been unveiled over wimbledon s no 1 court ahead of this summer s competition. The wimbledon no 1 court redevelopment has been undertaken to provide a bespoke new roof structure to support the sliding roof system like that of the centre court. The all england lawn tennis club aeltc had installed a retractable roof on the centre court in 2009.

The all england lawn tennis club unveiled the fully retractable roof on top of its second biggest. Designed and put in place by hightex 5 200m of folding ptfe polytetrafluoroethylene fabric concertina will protect centre court from inclement weather. The cost of the roof has not been disclosed by the all england club but is estimated at 80 100 million. The new roof cost 70million and is identical to the one that has covered centre court.

There are plans for another retractable roof on court no 1 which is due to be.