The roof was needed for the opening ceremony as rainfall swept across sw19 on sunday afternoon.
Is there a roof on court 1 wimbledon.
The roof closed from inside no 1 court the roof was built on a budget of 70m and took three years to complete it will enable more matches to be played for longer if weather conditions turn during the club s wimbledon grand slam tournament.
It has not been in use yet.
70m quids worth of new clobber.
Indeed the bbc and it is very much.
The new roof cost 70million and is identical to the one that has covered centre court since.
Wimbledon s centre court roof has a companion for 2019.
Raising the roof no 1 court is ready for the championships april 26 2019 forming part of the wimbledon masterplan the no 1 court project has recently culminated following the three year build of a new roof on the show court.
One is the new roof on no 1 court.