Megabucks Ground Assessment

In chapter five, “Facility Design and Planning”, the text talks about the design and planning of an athletic training room and how the best ones are those that have undergone comprehensive planning before its development. Spacing, lighting, accessibility, and traffic flow are key elements that should be considered in the planning of an athletic training room. The process will also include collaboration with internal and external stakeholder and contractors.

Another issue was the construction of a gigantic aquatic centre, which complete with an Olympic sized pool, stadium seating, gymnasium, offices and extra classrooms that will loom up to four storeys behind adjoining properties. Ashfield council argued that the school’s existing site was already causing traffic problems for neighbouring streets. Additionally, council contended that the construction might cause another impacts such as inconvenience, noise and loss of amenity of residents.

Shasta Trampoline Club is renowned as being one of the most successful trampoline programs in Canada, but as the sport progresses, the club needs to advance the development of its athletes and increase the depth of the club to maintain the club's reputation for excellence. In the past fifteen years, there has been an influx in the number of trampoline clubs throughout the country. As these clubs gain traction, Shasta Trampoline club has maintained fairly stagnant and as a result, fewer members of Shasta Trampoline Club are qualifying for International competitions than ever before. With your permission, I propose to investigate new club developments that will improve competitive results. Having been an athlete at Shasta Trampoline Club for over ten years and recently transitioning to Shasta Trampoline Coach, I have an intimate knowledge of the club and its members, giving me the experience and expertise needed to conduct this research.

The display of the resources respecting different areas of play (relax corner, building games, reading corner, art table, dolls, fancy dresses, tents,....)

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In Ripley’s article she said that when the Superintendent of Premont Independent School District Ernest Singleton canceled school sports the district saved $150,000 that year (11). In her article she states, “Maintaining a grass field can cost more than $20,000 a year.”(Ripley 11). Because of these high costs schools should use the extra money for upgrading their academic tools. The evidence clearly states that the costs can have a gigantic effect on the school's budget.

How sport is presented and supported today can mean total success or deep failure tomorrow. Every year the government of Canada provides money for athletics through three programs all of which add up to around $256 million, but that is only going towards the athletes, not even the facilities. The average cost to build a new professional facility is $6 billion, and to build a simple recreational center it costs $5.7 million. Contractors and businessmen set budgets before building anything new but the budgets always rise; regions get no economic boost from spending money on tickets and building projects and spectators are becoming uninterested in watching live games. The government should not use taxpayer dollars to support athletes and build

During the consultation and assessment process several areas were identified as being underdeveloped and not meeting the needs of the children. Firstly, great emphasis was placed on changing elements in the outdoor space and making it accessible for all age groups within the environment. It severely lacked natural elements, resources and was not encouraging meaningful and active participation. The final stages of the improvement work showed significant changes in creating a space that was visually captivating and encouraging, subsequently, ensuring play opportunities for children that are

There, we were told that we were to go down to the floor level of the stadium to warm up our routine in two hours. In the meantime, we got ready and toured the massive stadium. It was quite a sight to see; thousands of seats surrounded the field below. Rooms and stores surrounded the array of seats and large screens and speakers hung from the ceiling of the stadium showing a live feed of the teams already performing. On the ground below, a large black curtain divided the field horizontally into two sides: one side for practicing and the other for performing. On either side lay large sheets of light blue mats for stunting and tumbling.

The main purpose of this proposal is to request permission to research the total cost of having a new turf field and the benefits it can offer to Sheridan College’s soccer team and how it can help benefits the College as a whole.

For example, “The average costs of installation and maintenance for natural grass fields were $325,000 and $27,000 while the average costs of installation, maintenance, and resurfacing for synthetic infill fields were $1,212,000, $7,000, and $377,000. With the average cost of a single year of maintenance for five natural grass fields was $35,000 while the average cost of a single year of maintenance for the 10 synthetic infill fields was $7,000 (Daviscourt 1).” In other words, even though turf fields are costly at the beginning, for 10 synthetic fields it is 5 times less the cost than 5 grass fields.This is important because if Rocket booster stadium upgrades the school would be saving $28,000 in savings on field maintenance annually. L.B. Daviscourt goes on to say that “The average cost of a 20-year maintenance cycle for the five natural grass fields was $903,000. The average cost of a 20-year maintenance cycle for the 10 synthetic infill fields was $1,952,000. The average on synthetic infill fields was two times as much the average for natural grass fields (Daviscourt 3).” This shows that the original cost to the amount of players is less for turf fields since there is many more activities on turf fields. Therefore Rocket Booster Stadium should upgrade to turf because field management is 5x cheaper, fields are weather resistant, and have safer

8 multipurpose athletic fields • 4 basketball courts • 2 volleyball courts • 2 beach volleyball courts • 4 tennis courts • Enclosed skateboard plaza • Aquatic facility with lap pool and diving pool • Playground with water play area • Enclosed dog parks • Paved path encircling athletic fields • Restroom facility near athletic fields • 35,000 square‐foot community center with full gymnasium, fitness center, game room, dance room, and meeting rooms • 320 square‐foot • Police substation with holding facility in the community

A unique challenge to this project was its timeframe. With only a 10-week window to completion, there was no room for error. The 38,000-square foot site was amended with new soil and over 26,000 square feet of sod was installed. Equipment structure, surge tank, hardscape paving, and lighting was also added. Site amenities like restrooms, outdoor showers, shade structures, for attentive parents, as well as a landscaped picnic area with fountains

The initial scope was to include football, rugby, and athletics in the same stadium. This later became very controversial and resulted in the removal of athletics from the design in 1999, because of the technical and commercial challenges of accommodating three sports within the same stadium. In 2001, the scope was further changed with the removal of a hotel from the project, the expansion of hospitality suites, and considerably changes to the north side of the stadium. These changes took Mott MacDonald an additional 8 months to redesign.

I then used The East Lothian Council website to find out what sports facilities East Lothian had and if they were modern. I also used it to find out if these facilities had undergone any refurbishments or improvements in recent years. This is a reliable source the council knows what is going on in the area and can give an accurate description of their facilities as they run them.