Play Ball!
—As told to Amy Barrett
H&K Sportsfields
“I grew up playing baseball and coached my kids through Little League. I knew the previous owner of this business-he coached a team I competed against when I was a kid. I ran into him in 2003 at one of my son’s games and he was talking about getting out of the business. This was an opportunity to branch out into an area I have a passion for. There’s a real nostalgia about baseball. And there’s a whole new group of people who have a passion for the game. It’s fun to see Little Leaguers come out to see a field after we’ve renovated it, with tears in their eyes, saying, ‘We get to play on this field?’”
WHO: Mike Parent
WHAT: Designs, constructs, and renovates baseball fields
WHERE: Egg Harbor, Wis.
EMPLOYEES: 5
HOW HE DID IT: Bought the business from an acquaintance after working in his family’s excavation company
COST OF A NEW LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL FIELD: $150,000
H&K Sports Fields has been hired by the representatives for Pinnacle Dreams Sports Complex of Perry Township in Berks County, PA to assist in the development of a state-of-the-art championship quality, multi-sport indoor and outdoor complex.
PRESS RELEASE:
Perry Township, Berks County, PA, April 1, 2009…Tobyn J. Wysocki, President and CEO of Pinnacle Dreams Sports Complex (“Pinnacle Dreams”), announced today plans to build a state-of-the-art, championship quality, multi-sport indoor and outdoor complex in Perry Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Pinnacle Dreams anticipates that the complex will have four full-size baseball fields and four full-size softball fields, two full-size soccer fields that will be able to support football, lacrosse, field hockey and rugby events as well, and an 80,000 square foot indoor facility for indoor soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, basketball, volleyball, wrestling, off-season baseball and softball training, and a fitness center. At least half of the baseball and softball fields are expected to have lights, and both of the soccer fields, in addition to having lights, are also expected to be turf fields. A concept drawing of the anticipated complex is shown below.
Follow the attached link for the entire April 2009 Press Release describing the project. http://www.pinnacledsc.com/
We recently had a question from a customer about the makeup of Magic Mix playing surface material and how it compares to other similar infield materials on the market. We though we’d share our response since we get asked this often.
What is Magic Mix made of, and how it is different from the vitrified and calcined clays that Diamond Pro and Turface makes. We are always looking for the next best thing.
Here is a quick overview of Magic Mix.
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We have compiled some before and after images of the sports field complex complete in Verona, WI.
Verona baseball field construction before photos:
Verona baseball field construction after photos:
Other before & during images:
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