But wimbledon s centre court roof will be there to keep it out.
Wimbledon centre court roof weight.
The height of the roof is 16 meters from the surface of the 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.
But also in terms of stiffness to limit deflections when the retractable roof is deployed.
The roof over the no 1 court has two more trusses than that of the roof over the centre court due to a larger aperture.
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Main works commenced after the championships 2006 as part of wholesale improvements to the east side of centre court.
Tcbs were exclusively used on this intricate and complex steelwork.
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No roof in 2007 new fixed roof in 2008 retractable part in 2009.
For the first wimbledon championship in 1877 a total of 12 courts were available which were laid out in a 3 4 grid and there was no actual centre court.
The total weight of the wimbledon championships roof is 3000 tonnes.
The total weight of structural steelwork in the fixed part of the roof is approximately 1 700 tonnes.
The name centre court derives from the location of the principal court at the all england croquet club s original site off worple road wimbledon where the main court was located in the centre of all the other courts.
Also being a residential area low noise emissions from shear wrenches.
Roof centre court completed in 2009.
Deploying the roof over the court from this position will take under 10 minutes the actual time.
Designed and put in place by hightex 5 200m of folding ptfe polytetrafluoroethylene fabric concertina will protect centre court from inclement weather.
The new roof cost 70million and is identical to the one that has covered centre court.
A new retractable roof has been unveiled over wimbledon s no 1 court ahead of this summer s competition.
The total weight of the roof including the non moving parts is 3 000 tonnes.