Wake Forest Athletics
New Tennis Facility Construction - UPDATE
6/13/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
June 13, 2011
With under three months to go until the start of the inaugural Winston-Salem Open, a first-class tennis facility is rising out of the ground next to BB&T Field.
All of the tournament courts have been laid out, and workers are almost finished with the process of putting down asphalt on top of them. Work is still being done on constructing the six courts that will be used for varsity competition by the Wake Forest men's and women's tennis teams and will also serve as practice courts for the ATP tournament.
The construction is on schedule for a July finish.
Stay tuned to WakeForestSports.com for more photos of the construction process.
The two long banks will each contain three courts, with two of them on each being used for the Winston-Salem Open. The court to the left of the picture that is being covered in asphalt will be the stadium court
Holes have been left in the asphalt for the net posts and center strap.
Workers are in the process of laying down asphalt on the stadium court.
North of the stadium, a bulldozer grades the land where the six Wake Forest varsity courts will be located.
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
