Homework: Facility Visit
Instructions
The planning and construction process for a sport facility is complex and requires a variety of building materials, construction elements, and exterior and interior components. For this homework, locate a sport facility in your area. This can include a college arena, high school gymnasium, YMCA, fitness center, or a parks and recreation facility. Determine a time to visit this facility; you may have to contact the facility management to schedule this. If you are deployed military or have another situation that does not allow you to make a facility visit, please locate a virtual facility tour online. To do this, you can use a search engine to search "virtual stadium tour," "virtual sport facility tour," or something similar to this. Note that if you select the virtual option, you may have to conduct additional research to answer the required questions.
Next, you will write a 3 page paper answering the questions presented in the following section. References are not required for this homework if the facility is visited in person, but you may include them if you want to provide more depth to your paper. If you used a virtual tour and/or had to conduct outside research, a reference page must be included.
Steps for completing the homework are as follows:
Select a sport facility to visit (or view virtually).
I. Visit the sport facility and take with you the following list of questions to answer in your paper.
1) Revenue and marketing:
a) What are the likely sources of sport and activity revenue? Is this facility marketable? Can the facility earn revenue from area organizations like churches, schools, civic and social clubs, and corporations?
2) Facility spaces and equipment:
a) What is the quality of the playing surfaces and activity areas? What kinds of competition areas or exercise areas are available? What are the fixtures and equipment (lighting, HVAC, phone system, TV's, sound system, warm up area, showers, café tables, spectator seating, etc.) like? Are locker rooms, a reception area, and office space available? Are there conference rooms, party rooms, changing rooms, lockable storage, administrative offices, visitor offices, and medical examining rooms?
3) Staffing:
a) What is the staffing like? What can be improved in terms of safety?
4) Parking:
a) What is the quality of the parking area outside the facility?
5) Industry standards:
a) How do you see industry standards for sport facilities incorporated into this facility?
b) What design and construction regulations did you identify in the design of the facility?
c) What is your overall impression of the facility?
II. Read the instructor feedback from the last homework, and apply it as you write this paper.
III. Write the paper. Include in the content:
1) An introductory section naming the sport facility you chose and an overview of where it is located, when it was built, etc.,
2) The answers to the questions listed above, and
3) A summary of your overall impression of the sport facility.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.