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<br /> include indoor ice arenas. FACILITIES AT INDOOR REC CENTERS `
<br /> In St.Louis,the demand for UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR PLANNED
<br /> ice time is tremendous,"says
<br /> Mike Oppermann, Webster - __. _. _ ,__.__„..
<br /> Groves' director of parks, ' Men'stocker/Shower 100%
<br /> 0 recreation and community Women'slocker/Shower 100%
<br /> development. "It's driven not T °"
<br /> Muidpurpose Room(s) 92%
<br /> just by youth hockey, but by --• -
<br /> Gymnasium s • .- ......
<br /> adult hockey—guys in their (> 88/o
<br /> 30s and 40s who are pursuing v Child-Care Facilities 79%:e.
<br /> hockey as a lifelong leisure Aerobics/Dance 75%
<br /> interest"
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<br /> Family Locker Rooms 71%
<br /> Even with the two new -`�-�-�-� -~
<br /> rinks, which will bring to five Free-Weight EguipmentArea 71%
<br /> the number of indoor ice are- Cardiovascilar/Selectoraed Equipment Area 71% °
<br /> nas in the St. Louis area, Indoor Lap/CompetitivePool 63%
<br /> Oppermann says there will -
<br /> Indoor Leisure of 54% a
<br /> still be up to 2,000 hours per ---�. '- --.dw ..
<br /> year of unmet demand for ice Concession Stand 50%
<br /> rental time. 46%
<br /> 1lacgnetbaMlandball Courts e. �.,. .,,�. .y�
<br /> "You hear stories of hockey Indoor Track 46%
<br /> associations turning away �^ i _, :,.„# ,h ,77., „ ,,'
<br /> large numbers of kids because '•-4. whtrlpool(s) 42%
<br /> there's no ice time to rent," Sauna 38%
<br /> says Oppermann. "Whether 1•42:, i
<br /> „ _,. , Pro Shop—2 ° �:• .
<br /> that's unique to St. Louis I Climbing Wall 17% w_ .KR
<br /> don't know,but that's the cur-
<br /> Outdoor Teatlairbrta'-17%
<br /> rent condition. Our sense is -:.--:-----'L'"v^-"`- a`..-.-=a.t���» _�...._...�..� _�.; 1'
<br /> that this is a trend that will be Steam Room 17% ,
<br /> around to stay." Indoor Ice Rink'—13%,, R ' "
<br /> In addition to the ice rink, Outdoor Lap/CompetttivePool •
<br /> the planned 70,000-square- . - ---- iv 13/•
<br /> foot Webster Groves facility _. �„ _ SquasICourts 8%.2..„,.:-.s1.-_,;,2.7"-,;:_.*__ _ _....._-._.__.. _...,....
<br /> will include a large multipur-
<br /> pose area with a food court, a gymna- The current lodge-type structure, functions will overlap,includes multipur-
<br /> slum and meeting space. Outdoors will complete with fireplace and vaulted cell- pose rooms, a kitchen, a food court, a
<br /> be a four-pool aquatic complex and eight ing, will become a senior center, an teen center,a day-care center and indoor
<br /> lit tennis courts. often-included component of many new play structures,such as those found at
<br /> "Our program is revenue-driven. The recreation centers.The new shared corn- McDonald's restaurants.The new addi-
<br /> rink is the cash cow,the pool should do munity area,where recreation and senior lion also features a full-size gym,running
<br /> really well,the tennis courts will take care i
<br /> of themselves and the community center FACILITIES AT EXISTING `
<br /> concept is more of a service-driven thing," INDOOR REC CENTERS
<br /> says Oppermann."We don't want to be all
<br /> things to all people.When we looked at -:. ___
<br /> <._ _._..o-,..:.x-, ...
<br /> our program,we looked at areas that will . . . -Meo uthr-/SITT- 98%
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<br /> generate revenue on a day-today basis. Womes's ker�� 96% 1
<br /> We're service-driven, but also revenue- Muhtp■rpneRoomts) 96%
<br /> driven." Gymnasium(s) 73°/.
<br /> As a result, Oppermann's facility will Catioyaseul,dsdectoriud Equipment Area 71°/.,_,.w_..j
<br /> not include cardiovascular or free-weight Aerobiea/Da•eeAra 65%
<br /> rooms, primarily because a nearby Indoor l.ap/CompaidaPool 58% -
<br /> ♦YMCA recently upgraded similar facili- Fret-Weight Equipment Ara 52% E'
<br /> ties. _ /._Y
<br /> 1r' ..
<br /> "The bottom line is we're not in the chadcareFaahlia
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<br /> business of competing. Our program is ° 'll/H'0db'a Courts 50%
<br /> very clearly driven by the tennis,swim-
<br /> Wbiripo•I(s) 44N•
<br /> Concession Stand 40•ti
<br /> ming and hockey.We've been in the busi- . _ _
<br /> ness well over 30 years with each one of � T 37•/.
<br /> those? Sam 35% ,
<br /> ' r :
<br /> Webster Groves' concept of a large Ind."LeiwrePeel 31•/.
<br /> multipurpose/food service area designed Family Locker Rooms 25%
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<br /> to serve the rink, pool and community Steam Rooms 25%
<br /> area all at the same time is being taken a Outdoor Lap/Compeedbre l 15/i
<br /> step further by the folks at the Derry 15%P Y i'Y t•door la Riot—15 h : . . •.•
<br /> Township Parks and Recreation Depart- Outdoor Tends Courts
<br /> ment in Hershey, Pa.There, plans for a own pm 12%
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<br /> taimbi•g Waa(♦10y.
<br /> 1145,000-square-foot addition to an existing Pro Shop 1111.10%
<br /> two-pool facility include a large family fun
<br /> Indoor Tanis courts MI 6%
<br /> center, according to Karen Ward, recre-
<br /> ation program supervisor. squirt Courts•4•/.
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