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9/8/10 7:13 PM | Johan Lindahl
The US Open apparently has no immediate plans to join the Australian Open and Wimbledon in installing a roof over a showcourt in case of rain.
The cash-rich USTA doesn't seem to be pressed to finance what is becoming a necessary part of modern infrastructure.
The weather at this edition has been perfect after rainouts of the past two men's final which forced them to be played on the third Monday. But officials may well be lulled into a sense of calm with their good luck.
The USTA appears to be pleading "poverty" on the hopes that a roof can somehow be mounted over the massive cereal bowl which is the 23,000-seat Arthur Ashe stadium, potentially a project costing tens of millions of dollars.
Amid growing complaints that the American federation is packing in the punters, boosting their bottom line by crowding the grounds with almost three-quarters of a million expected through the gates by the end this weekend, the roof hopes seem like just an after-thought.
The Wall Street Journal reported that officials told them in a statement that some kind of roof could someday be in place, but there were few specifics save the fact that no decision is forthcoming anytime soon.
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