athletic facilities

stony brook university indoor facility LaCrosse
February 14, 2020

From design to completion: Stony Brook University’s new training facility benefits athletes, visitors and community members

{Sponsored} At first glance, Stony Brook University’s new indoor practice facilities are nothing out of the ordinary. The 80-yard practice field with netting allows the football, lacrosse and soccer teams at the university in Long Island, New York,...


February 1, 2019

Boosting the Bottom Line with Scoreboard Technology

{Sponsored} It’s well past the start digital age; now that we are into the age of smart-everything, why haven’t most facilities upgraded their old fixed digital scoreboards? Consumers have watched the cost of LED TVs plummet in the last half-d...


November 8, 2018

Maple or Synthetic: Choosing the right flooring material

{Sponsored} Many factors need to be considered when investing in a new sports surface. Resilience and durability, color contrast for lines, impact on players’ joints and the purpose the space serves all factor into the decision. When it comes to in...


June 18, 2018

Safety and Branding in Perfect Harmony

{Sponsored} Safety at school and school events is on the minds of students, faculty and coaches — especially in light of recent events. As a result, BigSigns.com has launched a new product. WindowGuardTM One-Way Vision Protection is designed...


May 22, 2017

LED lights can save money, provide better coverage for stadiums

Chris Campolieta was ecstatic when last year his school finally made some much-needed improvements to its stadium, including a new field, bleachers and press box. But what thrilled him most was the upgraded lighting system that would illuminate i...


May 18, 2017

Kansas builds first-class football locker room, including supersized TV

In an age of groundbreaking technology and state-of-the-art innovations in athletics, even the locker rooms are getting upgrades. The University of Kansas last year completed what its football staff believes is the best locker room in college spor...


March 18, 2014

Reviving Irvington High School’s athletic facilities

If ever an outdoor athletic facility needed an extreme makeover, it was Irvington High School's (N.J.) football field and track – if you could even call the cracked oval slab of asphalt overgrown with weeds a "track." Drainage problems transformed t...