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    “For the same price they could have had a slightly smaller stadium and had a roof.” Exploratory talks took place last year regarding the construction of a US$100million (Dh367m) roof but there has been no progress since, much to the irritation of McEnroe, who campaigned just as vigorously for continuous play at Wimbledon where he triumphed three times in the 1980s. "I know they say it doesn’t rain as much here in New York as it does in London ... But now they’re in a big hole, because they have the biggest tennis stadium in the world and the expense to build a roof over it is so big that they don’t want to lay it out." Consequently the traditional New York “Super Saturday” again becomes “Super Sunday” with the men’s semis flanking the women’s final and the men’s final being provisionally scheduled for Monday. Full Article at The National Newspaper
    I know they say it doesn’t rain as much here in New York as it does in London ... But now they’re in a big hole, because they have the biggest tennis stadium in the world and the expense to build a roof over it is so big that they don’t want to lay it out.
    John McEnroe – John McEnroe SOURCE: The National Newspaper 2 months ago
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Weather is a dampner on Nadals hopes
  1. For the same price they could have had a slightly smaller stadium and had a roof.
    SOURCE: The National Newspaper 2 months ago
  2. It seemed like a no-brainer but people at the US Tennis Association decided they wanted to build the biggest stadium they could build
    John McEnroe – John McEnroe SOURCE: The National Newspaper 2 months ago

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