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THE FLORIDA CITRUS BOWL
RENOVATION OVERVIEW
Renovation for full buildout of the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium includes:
• 70,000 spectator seating capacity
• 4,000 club seats and 10 new suites
• 40,000 square foot Stadium Club/Banquet space
• New and enhanced concessions, locker rooms, restrooms, press facilities and associated utilities
• Improved accessibility
• Demolition and reconstruction of the existing lower bowl
Scope for Phase 1
Turner/JCB and HNTB Scope Items (7/2010 - 12/2010):
• Light Tower Repairs
• Repair various areas of corrosion on structural supports and certify the overall structural integrity of the light towers
• New Restrooms, Concessions and Box Office
• Ground Level – Construct four (4) buildings consisting of restrooms and concessions; one building under each ramp to the upper seating levels
• Consolidate box office in conference complex
• Banners and Signage
• Provide general cosmetic improvements to improve appearance
• Graphics (Banners and Signs)
• Resurfacing at Grade
• Resurface various sections at ground level to improve consistency and general appearance of the ground surfaces
• Waterproofing at Pressbox and Skybox Roofs
• Various waterproofing upgrades
• Concrete Repairs Above Grade
• Repair concrete and structure on underside of the 200 and 300 Levels
• Pre-Cast Ramp Repairs
• Miscellaneous repairs along circulation ramps
• Ground Level Concourse Lighting
• Improve overall lighting and appearance through improved illumination
• Miscellaneous Improvements (including fencing and north end zone)
Orlando Venues Maintenance/Repair Items (10/2009 - 12/2010):
• Synthetic Field Turf
• Audio Repairs & Improvements
• Locker Room HVAC Replacement
• Locker Room Roof Replacement
• Conference Center Roof Replacement
• 200 Level Deck Repairs
• Emergency Generator Replacement
• Press Box HVAC Replacement
Florida Citrus Sports Items (10/2010 - 12/2010):
• Suite Renovations
• Digital Display Ribbon Board Replacement
Field Turf Installation
The City of Orlando and Florida Citrus Sports officials have selected AstroTurf® as the provider of the new playing surface at Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium. The selection took place following a detailed consultation with Stantec, one of the world’s premier turf management and design firms. Installation will began immediately and on September 5th the MEAC/SWAC Challenge between Southern and Delaware State was the first game played on the new turf.
“This new AstroTurf® field is part of the City of Orlando’s $10 million investment in phase one improvements this year at the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium,” said Orlando Venues Executive Director Allen Johnson. “These renovations will help the stadium remain competitive and allow us to sustain economic, educational and cultural opportunities for our residents and visitors.”
The first step in the process was employing the expertise of Stantec, a design firm that has aided in the design of field surfaces at sporting venues around the world, most notably the fast-track midseason effort to replace natural turf with synthetic at Gillette Stadium, home to the NFL’s New England Patriots. Stantec’s Patrick Maguire, a nationally-recognized expert in the design of athletics surfaces, helped oversee the selection process. “The Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium is one of our country’s historic sporting venues,” says Patrick Maguire, LEED AP, Stantec Principal and North American Sports Group Practice Leader. “We’re humbled to have been selected to help extend its versatility and begin to reinvigorate its reputation as a world-class stadium.”The product chosen for the field is called GameDay Grass 3D™, the latest and most-advanced product in the evolution of sports playing surfaces.
AstroTurf® has made an investment in furthering research on synthetic turf fields by partnering with the University of Tennessee to create The Center for Safer Athletic Fields. Additionally, in a study at Michigan State University funded by NFL Charities, an AstroTurf® product was determined to perform most like natural grass.
The field’s stable, multi-ply primary backing systems are covered with a heavy, environmentally-friendly BioCel™ coating for uniformity, consistency and precise performance across the entire field surface, ultimately producing a natural-looking synthetic surface. The BioCelTM system provides an additional environmental benefit, as it employs highly-refined coal fly ash (residues from coal burning) and bio-based polyols extracted from soybeans.
“We have been staging major events in the stadium for over 60 years where the athlete experience is of premium importance,” said Florida Citrus Sports CEO Steve Hogan. “Hosting a large number of events in short time windows have challenged the ability to provide optimum field conditions and paint schemes needed for national television. With this improvement, we are very excited about our ability to provide one of the safest, most technologically-advanced playing surfaces in the industry to our customers.”
Another benefit of the field will be water conservation. A typical, well-maintained grass field can use anywhere from 500,000 to 1 million gallons of water per year. The AstroTurf field eliminates that need, as well as those for pesticides and other chemicals. Environmental and cost benefits will work in concert with the functionality of the field as the surface will also employ AstroTurf’s astroflect™ technology, a feature which dramatically reduces the field’s surface temperatures.
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