[2006alum]

I think some sort of retractable awning would be great. The game itself was sunny and warm but not oppressively so. It was a lot to take for 4 hours, but I’ve been in much more miserable conditions.

+1000. I've attended several matches at the US Open in Flushing this past week and a brobdingnagian bonus upside to the retractable roof they installed on Ashe is that it serves as a sun guard for at least 2/3 of the stadium at all times. I used to avoid day matches at the Open specifically because it would get so hot in the stands, but now it's more than bearable even when the players are roasting on the court. Stanford should put all its engineering and design school talent to good use and fix this, because it's embarrassing in 2019 that we are less effective at cooling stadia than the Romans were 2000 years ago.

[2006alum]

I think some sort of retractable awning would be great. The game itself was sunny and warm but not oppressively so. It was a lot to take for 4 hours, but I’ve been in much more miserable conditions.

+1000. I've attended several matches at the US Open in Flushing this past week and a brobdingnagian bonus upside to the retractable roof they installed on Ashe is that it serves as a sun guard for at least 2/3 of the stadium at all times. I used to avoid day matches at the Open specifically because it would get so hot in the stands, but now it's more than bearable even when the players are roasting on the court. Stanford should put all its engineering and design school talent to good use and fix this, because it's embarrassing in 2019 that we are less effective at cooling stadia than the Romans were 2000 years ago.