Coming from an area with lots of smaller schools, one of my favorite things to do is to visit unique gyms & stadiums. Usually the architecture of the gym (okay, an original gym) matches the building, while outdoor facilities often are jammed into unusual shapes of lots...I've seen square tracks (usually cinder), some with baseball diamonds in them, some with football/soccer. I've seen beautiful sets of stands for football fields without tracks - in communities with and without power plants. I've been to places without permanent bleachers...
But there is one layout I've only seen once. Bishop McNamara's visitors bleachers are inside the oval track....I've seen square tracks that did this, but only Mac's does it with an oval. When Manteno built their track, soccer was king - and the coach was very unhappy that he was losing his "World Cup" size field to move inside the track. (They were even madder when football started...). Despite custom designing the track to put the largest possible soccer field inside, there is no way to put bleachers inside the track...
That said, I've seen places put bleachers on the track for football, but Mac is the only with bleachers inside....Any examples of other places with the bleachers inside the track?
But there is one layout I've only seen once. Bishop McNamara's visitors bleachers are inside the oval track....I've seen square tracks that did this, but only Mac's does it with an oval. When Manteno built their track, soccer was king - and the coach was very unhappy that he was losing his "World Cup" size field to move inside the track. (They were even madder when football started...). Despite custom designing the track to put the largest possible soccer field inside, there is no way to put bleachers inside the track...
That said, I've seen places put bleachers on the track for football, but Mac is the only with bleachers inside....Any examples of other places with the bleachers inside the track?
