2. INTRODUCTION

2. INTRODUCTION

PROBLEM STATEMENT

The Sprinker Recreation Center is a competitive venue for hosting local and regional ice rink-based sporting events. The existing team locker rooms at the facility are inadequately sized, in poor condition, and lack the level of finishes and amenities to allow the facility to compete with other regional venues. The owner’s preliminary concept is to accommodate the needed team rooms by remodeling the existing classrooms on the south side of the recreation center immediately adjacent to the ice rink. The predesign study considered all viable options for incorporating the team rooms into the existing building.

The analysis and design process included tours of comparable facilities in the Puget Sound region, the development of preliminary programming and needs assessment, selection of four layout alternatives to assess the feasibility of the project, and refining a preferred alternative including cost estimates.

PROJECT GOALS

The project’s steering committee identified the following goals for the team room: •Grow the ice hockey program at Sprinker Recreation Center: Due to the NHL awarding an expansion franchise in Seattle, there will be an increase in ice hockey programs in the region. Improved team rooms at Sprinker Recreation Center would position the facility to attract players and events.

•Host more teams:

Improved team rooms will attract more teams to the facility. •Improve host services:

Relocate the sharpening room to increase accessibility from the team rooms. Having services that are comparable to other facilities in the Puget Sound region will allow Sprinker Recreation Center to compete with these facilities. Each team room should accommodate twenty players, including gear, and be equipped with shower and restroom facilities. •Provide enough team rooms to allow an efficient rotation of teams onto the ice:

A minimum of four team rooms are needed to allow incoming teams to suit up and exiting teams to shower and change. A fifth team room would allow the facility to address mixed-gender teams.

• Provide safe and secure team rooms for youth team members: The team room design should support SafeSport guidelines.

• Consider a future viewing area remodel and its impacts:

There is a desire to increase the capacity of the viewing area on the second floor. The existing stairway on the west end of the second floor does not meet current building code requirements in terms of the rise and run of the stair treads and the width of the stairs.

• Teams rooms should be located adjacent to the ice rink to avoid the use of hallways.