The Perry Field House is a unique facility in the fact that there is half a football field and an indoor track under one roof. Two things that the Field House meets or surpasses within the book is storage units and flooring. Within the FH there is a large room for storage of recreational objects such as boats, score boards and nets. The flooring within the FH is diverse and useful. On the basketball courts, three of them are hard wood, and one is a multipurpose flooring. Around the track there is a special rubber flooring that the indoor club uses. However, these are both things that can be seen as inadequate. The space for storage is very small for the large pieces that they keep. The flooring, especially around the track, is hard and outdated. Students who frequent the track have noticed injuries to their legs because of the hardness. The basketball courts should be made out of a multipurpose material because of the damage hard wood faces with different types of shoes, especially track shoes.
Check out Chelsea Dobbs’ blog about the Perry Field House. She makes good points about the tour and how it helped us all understand the FH and it’s operations a bit more.