As the Major League Baseball Opening Day is approaching, LakePoint Sports’ Baseball Village is gearing up for the 2024 travel baseball season. This venue has been graced by several current professional players. The venue boasts eight major-league-sized baseball fields and 17 batting cages, which have been recently equipped with brand-new turf. This upgrade will significantly enhance the on-field baseball experience, providing a top-notch environment for aspiring players on their journey to the pros. For this key initiative, GeoSurfaces, a Tencate Company, was selected.
LakePoint Sports, known as the premier travel and youth sports destination in the country, teamed up with Prep Baseball, the leading amateur baseball scouting organization in the country, and GeoSurfaces, the leading full-service turf company in the country, for the new turf product installation on all eight fields at the LakePoint Sports Baseball Village. The new GeoSurfaces turf will provide a new look and enhanced playing surface, featuring a 10-15 degree improvement on some of the hottest days of the year.
“LakePoint Sports continues to remain firmly committed to providing the best experience inside and outside the lines for the millions of athletes and guests visiting the LakePoint campus annually,” stated Josh Laney, VP, Guest Experience at LakePoint Sports. “We worked closely with Prep Baseball in executing an exhaustive process in selecting the best-of-the-best in the turf industry for this initiative. GeoSurfaces demonstrated an unparalleled expertise, product, passion, and personal commitment that set them apart from their competition,” added Laney. “The execution of the installation and what baseball players from across the country will experience this season and beyond is incredible. It was imperative, with our short holiday season downtime, that GeoSurfaces was able to execute removing and installing the 1 million square feet of turf. This was accomplished flawlessly in just 40 days.”
GeoSurfaces is a company that specializes in providing complete sports surface solutions for customers in the USA. From design to installation, GeoSurfaces offers comprehensive services for high-performing sports surfaces. Their latest product, the XPS fiber, comes in a blended color scheme that gives a fresh look to the turf. The turf has an increased face weight, which maximizes wear resistance and playability, creating a truer playing surface. In addition to the unmatched turf system, Tencate is taking ambitious steps to solve circularity barriers by finding ways to repurpose turf into usable feedstock for new products. GeoSurfaces and LakePoint Sports have worked together to recycle all 1 million square feet of the previous turf system, rather than stockpiling it into a local landfill.
“LakePoint Sports is Prep Baseball’s flagship campus,” stated Sean Duncan, Prep Baseball president. “LakePoint is the epicenter of high-end baseball, and we take great pride in upholding that standard. For baseball players, the playing field takes precedence above all else. Re-turfing our eight stadium fields is a massive undertaking, yet GeoSurfaces made the process seamless and efficient in perfect time for the launch of our Spring season. Players will undoubtedly feel the difference. Ultimately, our goal is for every player to leave LakePoint thinking there’s no better baseball experience in the country.”
Every playing field at LakePoint Sports Baseball Village, which is nationally recognized, has in-game Trackman data displayed on the outfield jumbo video boards. The displayed data includes player profiles, in-game statistics, video content, and partnership promotions. Additionally, LakePoint Live, which is powered by Pixelott, provides live streaming and video-on-demand services at every field. It also broadcasts live events that occur during the season at the top baseball tournaments, showcases, and events in the country.
“Without a doubt, LakePoint Sports is recognized as the best travel baseball venue in the country,” stated Charles Dawson, President, GeoSurfaces. “When we got the call for the potential to have GeoSurfaces turf covering the eight baseball fields at LakePoint, we jumped at the opportunity,” added Dawson. “It was a first-class project and GeoSurfaces provided our best-in-industry solution. GeoSurfaces is thrilled to be at LakePoint and we look forward to proudly sharing and representing the LakePoint project with high school and college athletic directors and coaches as well as pro teams from around the world.”
LakePoint Sports and GeoSurfaces also agreed to a 5-year, fully integrated sponsorship.
