August Aerials

This is most likely the last of the series of aerial photos from the construction phase of the park.  Its been a tough past few months with weather but I think we've fared well.  Thanks to my staff for all their hard work to get us through those hot, dry days and recently the heavy rains we've had.  Also, a big thanks to everyone who have supported the project from day 1 and your continued support.  I will see you all at the Sports Park!

Lets look back to October 2010, 4 months into construction, for our first set of aerials...

Now Open!

Hello, it has been a while since my last post.  That is because we have been so busy preparing the Sports Park for opening!  Here are some photos from our first few events:

Brandon Deaderick (New England Patriots) Elite Skills Football Camp - July 14th 

Brandon Deaderick (New England Patriots) Elite Skills Football Camp - July 14th  

Community Opening Day, July 21st
"Kids Run the Bases"

Community Opening Day, July 21st

Community Opening Day, July 21st
Zooperstars!

My parents dog, Jessie, assisted me with some irrigation work

Cal Ripken Baseball Ohio Valley Regional, July 26-29
11&12 yr old 50/70

Cal Ripken Baseball Ohio Valley Regional, July 26-29
11&12 yr old 50/70

Cal Ripken Baseball Ohio Valley Regional, July 26-29
11&12 yr old 50/70

Cal Ripken Baseball Ohio Valley Regional, July 26-29
Groundscrew making it happen

Cal Ripken Baseball Ohio Valley Regional, July 26-29

Cal Ripken Baseball Ohio Valley Regional, July 26-29
8:30 am start after 1.3" rain overnight

Happy Summer!

Remember hearing "Opening Summer 2012"?  Well here we are, today is the summer solstice, it is officially upon us.  With almost a month to go before our opening event we are continuing putting on the finishing touches.  Here are some recent aerial photos of the park.  

Ball Diamonds & Miracle Field

Championship Fields

Miracle Field close-up

Synthetic turf maintenance training session from The Motz Group, our  installer.

ESP at night! Photo taken by our brave City Engineer, Scott Reynolds

Adding additional infield mix to button up ball diamonds.  Thanks to J&D Turf !

Testing surface hardness on the synthetic turf Championship Fields. Courtesy of  Dr. Charlie Mancino, Turfgrass Agronomist

June is here, closer everyday!

Testing lights

Miracle Field surface

Shop is filling up!

Week of 5/14 - 5/18 2012

 Moving along with finishing touches to the Sports Park!

One synthetic turf field 95% complete!

Goal post upright install

 

Adding sand and crumb rubber infill to synthetic turf field

Ball Diamond Pavilion entry way

Ticket booth for Sports Fields

 

New spray rig!

 

Miracle Field concession/restroom building

Rubber surface installation on Miracle Field

Synthetic Turf Install Continued....

Installation of the synthetic turf surface continued last week with the addition of numbers, lines and hash marks, looking good! Crumb rubber and sand infill should be added this week.

All inlays complete

Second synthetic turf field base almost ready for surface!

Some other random photos...

Shop lifted installed, a top of the line Rotary Lift.
Thanks to the good folks from my hometown of Madison , Indiana!

Sodded quad area

Landscaping and sod coming out of pavilion into Red quad

One of these disks goes in the circle cutout in above photo...