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Pacific Northwest Ballpark, Seattle

CONTENTS

Online articles from the January
1997 issue of PanStadia 
International

Cover picture: Pacific Northwest
Ballpark,
Seattle.(19k) 

 

 

Van Andel Arena architects drawing

CONSULT THE EXPERTS: The benefits of operations consultants in project development (Van Andel Arena, right). 

TURF MANAGEMENT IN THE STATES: The role of the Turf Manager's Association. 



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41-006 Prize Fighters: The CoreStates Center is one of the leading contenders for some of this year's top industry awards. [CASE STUDY]  

41-008 Centre of Attention: James Poulson describes the philosopy behind the CoreStates Center in Philadelphia. [CASE STUDY]  

41-010 Say it Loud: Today's sound reinforcement systems are required to do more than ever before. [CASE STUDY]  

41-012 The Core Structure: It's the architecture that gets the accolades but it's a building's underlying structure which makes the whole thing possible. [CASE STUDY]  

41-014 Where Form and Function Meet: Environmental Graphic Design - a once obscure discipline which lives somewhere between interior design and architecture. [DESIGN]  

41-018 Consult the Experts: The development stage of any major project can benefit from the presence of an operations consultant. [FACILITY MANAGEMENT]  

41-024 Wanderers Find New Home: The English football team Bolton Wanderers start next season in a brand new purpose built stadium. [ARCHITECTURE]  

41-026 Designing the Practice: Michael Hallmark tells the story of NBBJ Sports and Entertainment. [ARCHITECTURE]  

41-030 Turfs Up: Which grass is best for which facility? There are a lot of variables and a lot of varieties. [TURF TECHNOLOGY & MAINTENANCE]  

41-034 Turf Management in the States: The Sports Turf Managers' Association aims to answer tough questions and find workable solutions to sports turf problems. [TURF TECHNOLOGY & MAINTENANCE]  

41-038 Testing, Testing: Increased demands on the turf itself has provoked the quest for ever better species of grass. [TURF TECHNOLOGY & MAINTENANCE]  

41-042 The Jewel in the Crown: The jewel in the crown of any sports venue is its playing surface. [TURF TECHNOLOGY & MAINTENANCE]  

41-044 PLASA - a Rising Star: The Professional Lighting And Sound Association (PLASA) exerts considerable influence on behalf of the UK's entertainment technology industry. [LIGHT & SOUND]  

41-048 Point and Shoot: How an old concept coupled with the latest technology can deliver the best sound in a facility. [LIGHT & SOUND]  

41-054 All Things to All Men: How a professional sound system can provide better service all round. [LIGHT & SOUND]  

41-058 Small Scale Developments: Stage and lighting designers can now realise their ideas at one quarter scale. [LIGHT & SOUND]  

41-060 Life in the Fast Lane: The new Las Vegas Super Motor Speedway needed something special for its audio system. [LIGHT & SOUND]  

41-064 City to City: Box Office Management International (BOMI) has a successful European subsidiary. [TICKETING]  

41-070 Don't Get Left Behind! The Internet is the latest big opportunity and it is making an impact on the w   

41-072 Push Button Solutions: Venues are now demanding an integrated approach to their computing needs. [TICKETING]  

41-074 Carpet Care: Artificial surfaces can provide years of trouble free use provided a reasonable maintenance schedule is adhered to. [ARTIFICIAL SURFACES]  

41-082 Carpet Covers: Portafloor's pitch protection for artificial turf surfaces has arrived. [ARTIFICIAL SURFACES]  

41-084 Making a Clean Sweep: Artificial turf surfaces can call for specialist machinery to execute certain aspects of maintenance. [ARTIFICIAL SURFACES]  

41-086 The Rise of Merchandising: Merchandising has risen from being a welcome extra to become a major part of any stadium's revenue. [MERCHANDISING]  

41-092 Jumbos Getting Bigger: Sony's JumboTrons are growing in popularity in European sports stadia - and that's not just with the fans. [SCREENS]  

41-093 New for Old: The cost of stadium renovation can be considerably reduced by renovating seats rather than replacing them. [NEW FOR OLD]  

41-094 Atlantic Crossing: Their competitors may have disappointed but Britain's Total Fabrications certainly made an impact at the Atlanta Olympics. [TEMPORARY STRUCTURES]  

41-098 World News: If you thought a tent meant billowing canvas then think again. Today's models include some remarkably sophisticated temporary structures. [TEMPORARY STRUCTURES]  

41-100 Full-Time Rights: UK employment law now accords part-time workers full-time rights. [EMPLOYMENT LAW]  

VOLUME 4/No.1 Advertisers' index:

Ad Art Signs

Audience Systems

Barenbrug 

Bose 

Chapel 

Community Professional 

Devine deFlon Yaeger 

Ellerbe Becket 

EAW 

Fabregas

 Football Expo 

Int'l Expo Consultants 

KSS

Lobb Partnership

Lunar AS 

Meyer Sound 

Mitsubishi 

Motz Group 

NBBJ 

Omega

Select Ticketing

Sico 

SMG 

Sony 

Steve Pinkston 

Sunnywell 

Synchro Systems 

Teletek 

Terraplas 

Toro 

Total Fabrications 

VMA 

Walter P. Moore

  

Seating plan from Select Ticketing [41-070] 

 
HMS Invincible was used as a floating base for prestige events. [41-098] 

 
  

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