Wake Forest Athletics
New Tennis Facility Construction - UPDATE
5/2/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
May 2, 2011
We are less than four months away from the inaugural Winston-Salem Open at Wake Forest University, and the new tennis facility is starting to take shape.
The land has been graded, and fence posts have been installed around two of the banks of courts. Today workers began laying down the gravel that will serve as the bottom layer for the courts.
As the weather heats up, so will the construction, as workers press on towards their goal of completing the facility in July.
Stay tuned to WakeForestSports.com for more photos of the construction process.
In this view from above, you can clearly see two banks of courts layed out. There will be three courts in each of these banks, with two on each bank being used for the Winston-Salem open
This bank of courts will house two of the larger show courts for the Winston-Salem Open. The dirt area in the foreground is where the stadium court will be constructed.
Workers install the wooden frame that will surround the courts.
Gravel is beginning to be laid down on top of the graded dirt. It will form the bottom layer of the courts with asphalt and then the court surface being placed on top of it.
This bank will feature three courts, with two of them hosting matches during the early round of the tournament.
The lights for the new tennis facility sit in the Gold Lot next to Bridger Field House waiting to be installed.
A bird's-eye view of the construction site from the top of the East Stands of BB&T Field. The facility is being built on what used to be the Green Lot, between the Indoor Tennis Center and BB&T Field
A look in at the construction from the parking lot of the Indoor Tennis Center. When the new facility is completed, the Wake Forest tennis teams' indoor and outdoor courts will be located right next to each other.
Asphalt piled up that was removed from the Green Lot. Only a few spots remain for Indoor Tennis Center parking.
A bulldozer works on grading the land
A look into one of the old drainage pipes. The old pipes are being dug up and replaced.
A backhoe lifts a section of an old drainage pipe out of the ground.
Assorted fragments of old pipes and pilings that are waiting to be removed from the site.
A machine digs a trench for the installation of new pipes and lines
Workers installing the new drainage system
A dog checks out the progress of the construction
Another angle of the construction from the East Stands of BB&T Field
