Wimbledon Centre Court Has Retractable Roof

The all england lawn tennis club aeltc had installed a retractable roof on the centre court in 2009.

Wimbledon centre court has retractable roof.

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. 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. A new retractable roof has been unveiled over wimbledon s no 1 court ahead of this summer s competition.

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. Centre court is the main court at the championships wimbledon the third annual grand slam event of the tennis calendar. The all england lawn tennis club unveiled the fully retractable roof on top of its second biggest. 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.

Some of tennis greatest players went head to head under the new roof at no 1 court in wimbledon. There are plans for another retractable roof on court no 1 which is due to be. The wimbledon championships 2019 roof has been an important addition to the event in recent years. It is considered the world s most famous tennis court.

After the success of the retractable roof on the centre court the club installed another roof on the no 1 court this year. Wimbledon s staff closed. 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. 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.

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.