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January 2016
Main Stadium Highlights
Draft HS/MS Athletic Fields Master Plan
Beachwood Schools Capital Improvement Plan Update: Athletic Facilities
Current Athletic Fields Conditions
HS/MS campus landlocked -- no room for expansion
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Overlapping fields
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Excessive use
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No recovery time cannot be maintained optimally
RECOMMENDATION: REPLACE MAIN STADIUM NOW
New artificial turf field benefits multiple boys and
girls sports programs
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Multiple teams boys and girls soccer, football,
girls lacrosse, track and field, cross-country teams
as well as the marching band
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Artificial turf utilizing organic fill
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New track, shotput, discus and long
jump areas
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Field lights
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Multi-sport scoreboard
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Updated stands and new plaza
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Press box and separate
concession stands
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Ticket gates
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Secure, fenced perimeter
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ADA accessibility
Main Stadium Cost Estimate:
$4,796,049
Athletic Facilities Future Phases
Cost Estimate: $7,418,502
High School Natatorium:
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Significant exterior and interior infrastructure
upgrades are needed for the 35 year-old facility
CURRENT athletic programming very difficult
to schedule
FUTURE goal of expanded youth athletic
programming impossible
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Reduced wear and tear on district's other fields
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Soccer fields to be used primarily for practices --
sustainable
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Protects HS/MS baseball and softball fields from damage
Athletic Fields Master Plan
Future Phases:
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New softball stadium,
upgrades to baseball
stadium, Fairmount and
Hilltop baseball, softball,
and soccer fields
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New or improved:
o Dugouts, stands and
press box
o Fencing and backstops
o Field irrigation and
drainage
o Infields and outfields