Sports

EwingCole Sports Lighting Designers to Speak at Lightfair International 2015

This seminar focuses on successful methods of sports and stadia lighting for collegiate and professional venues. Emphasis will be placed on the progressing role of LED lighting within new and retrofit stadium applications. Topics will include decisions during design, lighting controls, budgetary constraints, structural systems integration and energy conservation, including how these issues evolve throughout the course of a large-scale project. The diverse lighting factors for the various types of venues will be outlined and case studies presented, including MetLife Stadium and Citizens Bank Park LED Upgrade Study.

Oklahoma City Dodgers Begin Implementing EwingCole/ADG Designed Ballpark Improvements

EwingCole announces that the Oklahoma City Dodgers are unveiling improvements to the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. EwingCole and local Architect ADG were commissioned to perform a marketing and feasibility study to improve the overall fan experience and generate new revenue opportunities within the ballpark.

“Times have changed since the ballpark opened in 1998,” says Craig Schmitt, RA, EwingCole’s project principal.  “The line between sports and entertainment has blurred and the new generation of fans desire more of a social experience centered ‘around’ the sporting event.  Our design encourages movement around the field by creating new places for guests to gather, eat and socialize while never losing sight of the field.”

The Team’s goal is to update the facility to embrace a wider audience by addressing their newer, more diverse interests while also retaining the unique “Bricktown” character of the ballpark.  After recommending a variety of new amenities to improve the overall fan experience, the first project for 2015 will be the conversion of an underutilized seating area in left field to a new group sales seating and hospitality area.

Highlights of the recent projects include:

Conversion of the aluminum bleacher seating in LF to new tiered picnic style seating.
Shaded seating via a new wood and steel, membrane roofed open-air structure
Three tiers of synthetic wood and cast concrete
New picnic table seating and bar stools with drink rails
Open service pantry to provide food & beverage service for group sales
Overhead TV’s

“We look forward to unveiling the first of many new fan amenity upgrades at the ballpark,” commented […]

SAP Redifining Luxury

Read Bill Dorsey’s article in the Summer 2014 issue of Seat   

Philly Falls For Citizens Bank Park

Read Joe Mock’s Article in USA Today

EwingCole Completes First Design-Build Project for the United States Military Academy

West Point, NY (March 2012) – EwingCole, one of the nation’s leading architecture, engineering and interior design firms, is the Designer of Record for the recently completed $98,000,000 relocation of the US Military Academy Preparatory School (USMAPS) from Fort Monmouth, NJ to the grounds of the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point.
“The mission of USMAPS is to provide focused academic, military and physical instruction in a moral and ethical environment, and to prepare, motivate and inspire candidates for success at the USMA,” said John Capelli, AIA, principal and leader of EwingCole’s government practice. “The team developed design solutions that support this mission while leveraging the natural opportunities of the site.”
The 57-acre campus development includes the following:
• 73,000 sf classroom and administrative buildings
• 87,000 sf athletic and fitness space
• 14,000 sf dining and exchange facilities
• 246-bed student quarters
• 3 NCAA athletic fields
Site constraints led to the configuration of the building as a continuous ribbon stretched along the edge of a large, open plane on a steep hillside. This freed virtually the entire plane for athletic fields with little disturbance to the forested hillside, a primary amenity of the site. A gently curving drive leads to the center of the academic block – the heart of the school.
“The new campus seamlessly integrates comfortable dormitories and dining facility, modern classrooms, well-placed office space, and a state-of-the-art athletic complex into an extremely functional and aesthetically pleasing design,” said Col. Tyge Rugenstein, USMAPS Commandant, who took weekly walk-throughs of the site as construction progressed.
Phase I was completed […]

Growing America’s Favorite Pastime…in Israel

EwingCole, together with Brickman Sports Turf Services, was commissioned by the Israeli Association of Baseball (IAB) to develop a concept design and cost estimate for a baseball stadium for their National Team Training Center in Ra’Anana, a suburb of Tel Aviv. The 1,000 seat stadium would have the ability to expand into a larger ballpark with an overlay program for professional games. Baseball remains a niche sport in Israel where the game is mostly played on an assortment of soccer fields. These concept designs are being used by the IAB to generate publicity and raise funds to realize their dream of establishing a home base for their National Team and youth training center.

The 1,000 seat stadium would have the ability to expand into a larger ballpark with an overlay program for professional games. Baseball remains a niche sport in Israel where the game is mostly played on an assortment of soccer fields. This concept design is being used by the IAB to generate publicity and raise funds to realize their dream of establishing a home base for their National Team and youth training center.

Visit EwingCole at the 2013 NACDA Conference

Rescuing the Crown Jewel of Amphitheaters

Live Nation commissioned the design/build team of EwingCole and Skanska, USA to restore the historic Nikon At Jones Beach Theater from the devastation following Superstorm Sandy.
Read more about this job 

Visit EwingCole at the 2013 NIRSA Annual Conference & Expo

Join Craig Schmitt for a panel discussion on Lessons Learned: New Construction & Rennovation