Sports facilities' means any reasons or areas created or adapted for actively playing sport. This contains bowling alleys, driving ranges, gymnasia, golf courses, lands let for fishing or shooting, snooker halls, skating rinks, squash courts, swimming pools and tennis courts.

1. Sport Facility Management
Keith Brannelly

2. Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay,
Florida (finished in 1999)
 Total seats- 66,321, expandable to
75,000
 Club seats- Yes
 Luxury suites- 159
 Disabled seats- 300 disabled and 300
companion-expandable to 650
 Seat size- 19-21”
 Seat-to-seat space- 32-33”
 Escalators-20
 Elevators- 20
 Guest TVs- 1,158
 Permanent novelty stands-8
 Permanent concession satnds-48
 Temporary concession stands- 124
 Security cameras- 12
 Restrooms- 44
 Information booths- 12
 ATMs- 8
 Press box seating- 225
 First aid rooms- 5

3. American Airlines Center Facts
 19,200 seats for basketball
 18,500 seats for hockey
 20,021 seating capacity for concerts
 1,600 club seats
 2,000 platinum seats
 Over 500 accessible seats
 142 suites ranging in price from
$150,000-$300,000 per season
 840,000 square feet
 24 ticket windows
 12 escalators/10 elevators
 550 televisions throughout the
facility
 280 men’s rooms urinals and 96
stalls
 337 women’s room stalls

4. Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA (2000)
 Basketball Seating: 20,000
 Hockey Seating: 18,118
 Luxury Suites: 160
 Concession Stands: 23
 Elevators: 10
 Escalators: 11
 Restrooms: 55
 Locker Rooms: 12
 Watts of Audio Amplifications:
125,500
 Feet of Fiber Optic Cable: 148,000
 Tons of Structural Steel: 2,500
 Cubic Yards of Concrete: 73,000
 Miles of Data/Telephone Cables: 14
 Square Yards of Carpeting: 32,500
 Square Feet of Terrazzo Tile:
81,000
 Square Feet of Drywall: 2,865,000
 Feet of Broadcast production
Cable: 3,800,000

5. Maple Leaf Gardens
 It took 1,200 construction workers
five months and twelve days to
build the yellow brick faced
structure.
 The Gardens was built for $1.5
million dollars.
 The Gardens had 16,000 seats and
85 boxes.
 Construction costs were minimized
as a result of agreements made with
labor unions to provide the workers
with Maple Leaf Gardens stock in
place of a portion of their earnings.
 The building materials included
750,000 bricks, 77,500 bags of
cement and 70 tons of sand.
 The 350’ by 282’ (106m by 86m)
building extends thirteen stories
(40m) above street level.
 Opening night seat prices ranged
from 95 cents to $2.75.

6. Yale University Facilities
The Yale Bowl
 The Yale Bowl opened in 1914 for the Yale-Harvard
football game. The Bowl has hosted professional football,
World Cup soccer, and the 1995 World Special Olympics
Games. The stadium covers 12.5 acres and can hold 65,000
fans. The Bowl is 930 feet long by 750 feet. When the
stadium was built, horse drawn vehicles moved 320,000
cubic feet of earth to create the Bowl shape which was
formed with 22,000 cubic yards of concrete and 470 tons of
steel. There is approximately 30 miles of wooden-backed
seats. The entire stadium cost $750,000 (The Ohio
Stadium highlighted in the Big Ten chart above cost $1.3
million to build in 1922) and has undergone several
renovations including a new scoreboard in 1958, a press
box in 1986 and a new field in 1993.

7. Yale University Facilities
Coxe Cage
 Coxe Cage is the home to Yale’s men's and women's indoor track
teams which was originally constructed in 1928 at a cost of $300,000
and renovated in the early 1980s. The Cage (356 feet by 156 feet) has
an 83-foot ceiling and reportedly one of the largest skylights ever built
(26,000 square foot). There is approximately 3.3 million cubic feet of
air space in the structure. All indoor track and field events are held
within the oval Cage, including throwing events (“Coxe Cage,” 2002).
Yale Tennis Center
 The tennis complex at Yale includes 22 outdoor Deco Turf II courts,
five outdoor clay courts, four indoor Deco Turf II courts, and a 15,000-
seat, one court, tennis stadium. The stadium is the fourth largest in the
world, and third largest in the United States. Each August, The Pilot
Pen International Tournament is played on the outdoor courts. In
addition to the outdoor courts there is an indoor tennis center with
four courts (Bialik, 1998).

8. Yale Facilities
Yale Bowl Payne Whitney Gym

9. Site Selection Issues
Site issues may include:
 -Detailed geography (soil, subsoil, vegetation)
 -Population composite (demographics of area)
 -Constituency representation (political clout)
 -Flood area (drainage, runoff)
 -Climate, precipitation, winds, natural disaster strikes (i.e.
hurricane paths, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, etc.)
 -Capital Improvement Plan maps (illustrating current and
planned projects by council district)
 -Enterprise zone ownership and land use maps
 -Acreage (adequate for buildings, parking, picnic areas, etc.)
-Additional acreage for expansion,
 -Shape (acute angles or odd shapes are possible wasted space.
 -Topography (level terrain, steep slopes)
 -zoning regulations (permit required, parking, setbacks, etc.)
 -access (from principal roads, local streets, truck-or bus access)
 -security considerations

10. Site Selection Issues
Following the selection of a proposed site, the following features of the site
plan should be considered:
 Off-site nuisances (for example; rivers, sewage treatment plants,
industries)
 Safety factors (roads, buffer zones, sight-lines, emergency access)
 Proper drainage for turf and hard-surface areas (flood zone area)
 Fencing and planting to serve as separation of areas
 Placement of service building for safety, control and supervision
(access for vehicles)
 Layout of walkways for safe and efficient circulation (must meet ADA
requirements)
 Lighting of fields, courts and general areas
 Cost of maintenance (preventative and corrective)
 Provision of first-aid facilities, equipment and supplies
 Advantage should be taken of existing topographic features, trees and
vegetation
 Accessibility and use of the site for the aging and disabled, and
 Use of durable and vandal-proof materials and equipment.

11. Site Selection Issues
Various factors that go into making a final decision include:
 Review of feasibility studies (economic and political impact)
 Permits (lease, license or letter)
 Site information (environnemental issues)
 Regulations (building codes, health ordinances etc.)
 Community involvement
 Financing (public or private)
 Easements
 Zoning (cluster, flood-plain, open-space)
 Restrictive covenants
 Aesthetic value and,
 Recreational opportunities

12. Site Selection Process
The following diagram highlights all the various issues that impact the site
location decision.
Site Selection Criteria Suitability of Site
Competitive Forces Special Restrictions
Alternative Locations Location/Land Site Development
Concerns
Lease vs. Purchase Tax Implications
Mission and Goals Government
Regulations
Valuation Concerns Neighbor Concerns

13. Environmental Issues
 Need to check soil- soil samples or core
drilling
 Check grading to make sure the site is useable
 Check environmental issues and endangered
animals