Designing sports venues
Summer 2023
With expenditures on new sports stadiums expected to eclipse $10 billion between 2023 and 2030, SCAD student architecture research offered best practices on how to maximize public investment and engagement on this new construction. Standardizing stadium features like enclosed roofs, retractable pitches, and multi-floor systems offers opportunities for year-round usage by hosting youth teams or non-sports events, while promoting the development of public spaces like plazas, dog parks, and shopping and nightlife destinations in the stadium's immediate vicinity increases event visibility and foot traffic in the area. By generating tourism and stewarding local development, new sports venues can energize communities, renew commerce, and give purpose to distressed or vacant areas.
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