Sports are more than exciting games or competitive challenges. For many individuals, the ability to play a sport in a safe, clean and controlled environment is an essential part of their everyday lives. Athletes strive to improve their stats and define their own success. Adults use recreational pick-up games and club leagues as their source of exercise, stress-relief and excitement. Children step up to the plate and swing for the fences, hoping to one day live their dream in the major leagues.
Sports are a priority, and the design of your indoor sports complex needs to cater to the importance these children, women and men place on their performance.
Grand Slam Safety knows the sports facility planning and design process is a difficult task that requires thorough attention to detail in every corner of the complex. As the sports fencing solutions that sports complex managers trust, we're here to offer our advice and help you design an indoor sport facility layout that is versatile, practical and most importantly, safe.
Table of Contents:
Sports Complex Design Considerations
Programming and Sports You Will Offer
Planning for Players and Spectators
Maximizing Space and Versatility
Safety First in the Design Process
Keep Your Indoor Sports Complex Safe With Help From Grand Slam Safety
Sports Complex Design Considerations
Designing a multipurpose indoor sports facility can't be done overnight. We recommend that before you even think about breaking ground on a new facility or undertaking a complex remodel, you first take a moment to identify your goals, prioritize the needs of your clients and imagine what future needs you may have to accommodate for them. Here are five key points you should consider when designing an indoor sporting complex:
The types of sports and programming your complex will facilitate
The planning required to host players, spectators and vendors during diverse events
The design necessary to maximize space and enhance the versatility of the sports complex
The layout design needed for convenient guest and employee movement between areas of the complex
All elements of player, employee and spectator safety that must be addressed throughout the facility design process
Each of these items is important individually and collectively. Ideally, your sports complex design will adequately address these points as well as integrate them together to form a cohesive concept. Knowing which sports you'll facilitate enables you to plan for these events and will aid in the design process. Anticipating the needs during these events will enable you to devote adequate space to each area which will create a convenient and easy-to-navigate layout. Safety is a ke