New Sport Facilities Management
Outdoor Campus Recreation Field Facility

We will be conducting an outdoor campus recreation facility. The facility will include 2 soft-ball fields as well as 2 multi-purposed fields. These will provide different areas to focus on such as budget of the whole construction and facility usage, where the location in University of Akron we will put the facility in, what the facility will offer, who will be managing the program of the facility, and who will be the architecture to construct the facility. We will also demonstrate the pros and cons of each of the focus areas.

The budget for the softball fields as well as the multi-purpose fields are as follows. For general construction costs, $500,000 will be allocated to finish the projects construction. Some specific costs will be the purchasing of the soccer and lacrosse goals that can be added and removed from the field which will be $2,000. Another specific cost will be the fencing around the softball fields which will be around $1,000. Costs for keeping up the inventory of the concession stands will be around $12,000 per year. The costs to keep the inventory stocked for the sports-wear store inside the softball fields will be around $50,000, selling things such as T-Shirts and Hoodies, along with many other types of sports apparel. The cost of utilities will be around $180,000 per year. Some specific utility costs are electric which will be about 150,000 per year and water, which will be around $25,000 per year. General maintenance costs will be about $100,000. Some things that will need up-keep are the replacing of the light bulbs for the field lights which will run at about $3,000 to replace them when needed. General custodial supplies will be about $6,000 and the equipment maintenance will round out at about $2,500. Insurance for the fields in case of things like fire or severe flooding will cost around $10,000. Paying to staff the facilities will be maxed at $150,000, needing to pay workers from umpires for games to facility managers and assistants.
The overall cyclical expenses will be around 10,000 and an example of those costs could be the bleachers and stands in the fields to be replaced or kept up and this would be about $2,000. Taking all of the expenses into account, the total cost for building and running this type of facility will round out at about $1,012,000.
We believe placing both multi-purpose fields across the exchanges buildings knocking down some houses to make more room. This would be the best place because you have a lot of space to fit both facilities next to each other. This location is great because it’s a busy street throughout the day.
The Pros are that there are a lot of open field so there is not much to construct, it will keep the prices down. This result would not have much to keep up or repair. Also won’t need that many people to staff for the facility. The con of this is that if we were to use grass instead of turn then it could lead to more price repairs in the future, example could be fixing divots and worn areas.
Students would not have to travel far to attended an event More students would be likely to attend more events because of the location and the fact that they are spending most of their time in this area. We also think having a turf field is best because it is very easy to manage and build. You would also save money because you would not have to pay workers to manage the turf as much as you would if it were real grass. The pros of this location are having better equipment, be uplifting to players moral with a fresh start in a new location, and space & choice of location for stadium and parking. The cons of this location is the possibility of decreased attendance from fans and one-way streets and narrow roads would bring about tremendous gridlock.
The facility will offer that addresses more than one needs. The softball fields will offer softball practices and games, little league baseball, kickball, tee-ball and many other intramural games. The multi-purposed fields will provide several sports such as football, soccer, marching band, ultimate Frisbee, and many more. These will provide more time for different practices and games. The softball fields has the dimensions to provide little league baseball, kickball, co-ed softball, Adult softball teams from the community. These provide for not only the college students but also for the families and adults that want to pursue in recreation sports. This give the University of Akron a great marketing value to bring interest from many different kids and adults from the community and even across the nation.
There will be 2 different multi-purposed fields but will both will serve any games if you ignore the lines painted. One field will have football, soccer, and track presented. Where the other field will have lines to provide lacrosse, rugby, and field hockey. Although there will be lines in both fields for only certain sports, it can always be ignored or modify the lines to play other certain sports such as ultimate Frisbee, flag football, little kids soccer. These fields would provide many different alternates to provide many games played.
All these fields would provide variation opportunities for the University to provide many different intramural sports for the college students. As well as having summer camps with children for the college athletes to volunteer teaching certain sports of expertise. Provide more jobs to the community to up-keep the fields and facility management.
This will be improvement to the University of Akron because it allows the fields to host more games. Have the ability to be more flexible providing all ages sports and games. Use synthetic turf because you can play in any seasons of the year.
Necessary improvement amenities while building multi-purpose= bathroom facilities, place to buy food, parking availability, having huge tournaments when you have players that need to warm up before the game. They can warm up using the other fields until their game starts on the main field. Provide reserve seating for each field to host the games and bring in revenue for the tickets. Provide lighting (movable lights) to play games at any time of the day= during winter: dark at 5pm, still have a game start at 7pm. The huge advantage: kids. Have them learn on the fields, it will be the same when they go to high school to use the fields, it’s everyone’s home field. This would provide great marketing for the University of Akron.
The pros of having the outdoor recreation center is that it will bring in revenue for anybody of all ages to play any sports. High Schools in the area can use the facilities to practice and play multiple games. There are many opportunities for charity events to use the field to expand. The cons of having the outdoor recreation is having too many events to plan that will have intervene. It is a huge area to maintain.
The dimensions of the 2 multi-purposed fields 160 yards by 80 yards for one field that will accommodate football, soccer, and track. The other multi-purpose field will accommodate soccer, lacrosse, and field hockey which the best dimensions to provide is 150 yards long by 70 yards wide. The softball fields will have the same dimensions on both fields with only a bigger pitching mound to accommodate both softball and little league baseball.
The college student athletes, the community kids, different program camps, any charity events would be welcomed to be scheduled in the facility. The main user for this facility would be the college athletes by University of Akron. High school sport events such as OHSAA football tournaments, soccer tournaments, softball tournaments, and track and field tournaments would use these fields to practice and host game We chose to use the architectural firm of Rosser International. As an architectural, engineering and program/ construction management firm, Rosser’s focus is planning, designing and coordinating implementation of facilities that provide the finest space possible for occupants. They work with clients to find solutions that are efficient, environmentally sensitive, and aesthetically appealing. Rosser which has its headquarters in Atlanta is also international with projects in Italy, Canada, and Trinidad. Rosser is well known in the marketplace for sport projects, particularly in the collegiate market. Their philosophy is based on developing a true partnership with their clients. They use collaborative workshop process to learn who you are, what’s important, how you run your operation, and what you need to make your project successful. Staff members then apply the latest in BIM technology an extensive knowledge about building requirements and an innovative approach to find the best solution for a unique project.

This same architectural firm that built the University of Alabama’s softball facilities. John and Ann Rhoads Softball Stadium was built and opened on February 13, 2000 at a cost of $2 million dollars. The design team included Rosser International with Davis Architects, out of Birmingham, doing all the expansion and renovations to make the stadium what it is today. The stadium has been renovated and enhanced several times which cost the University of Alabama an additional $2 million. The stadium includes seating with chair backs, bleacher- backed, and general admission. It has also hosted other non-Alabama events such as place for team USA to play at. The stadium has a natural grass playing surface and has 60% sand, 40% clay in the infield. It has eight light standards with an average of 107 foot candles. We think that this architect will do a great job after viewing the Alabama softball facility. We plan on incorporating a very similar layout as The Crimson Tide.

Resources http://www.rolltide.com/facilities/rhoads-stadium.html http://www.alabamasoftballcamp.com/facilities-and-directions.cfm

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