Digital Focus June: Outdoor Fitness

Jun 5, 2023

In this month's Digital Focus we take a look at the trend toward moving fitness to the great outdoors.

Scroll below for ideas on everything from designing the right outdoor space to picking out the right equipment and offering appropriate programming:

Report: Broadcast Dispute Bumps Duke-Michigan Game From MSG to Marlins' Ballpark

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Community Center Makes a Splash With an Upgraded Facility

Community Center Makes a Splash With an Upgraded Facility

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Daily Digs: City Opens New Tennis Complex, San Antonio Mulls Massive Youth Sports Complex, and More!

Louisiana Boys' Basketball State Championships Moved From Long-Time Host Site to CAJUNDOME

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Daily Digs: Academy Opens $14.5M Field House, Village Moves Forward With New Rec Center, and More!

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Report: Broadcast Dispute Bumps Duke-Michigan Game From MSG to Marlins' Ballpark

The Duke and Michigan men's basketball teams are expected to face off at a baseball stadium for their highly anticipated...

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Community Center Makes a Splash With an Upgraded Facility

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A Portland, Ore., community center modernized its 1950s-era pool system with Xylem Defender filtration, replacing five sand filters and saving over 200,000 gallons of water annually. Discover how the upgrade improved efficiency and operations.

Community Center Makes a Splash With an Upgraded Facility

Daily Digs: City Opens New Tennis Complex, San Antonio Mulls Massive Youth Sports Complex, and More!

Tennis enthusiasts in Fayetteville, Colo., gathered this week to celebrate the ribbon-cutting of The Courts at Glenville Lake, a new $13.4 million sports complex that features 11 tennis courts, including a championship competition court, four pickleball courts, locker rooms, a lounge and a pro shop.

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Louisiana Boys' Basketball State Championships Moved From Long-Time Host Site to CAJUNDOME

For 12 years, the Louisiana boys’ basketball state championship has been contested at Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles. Nearly 10,000 fans would pack the arena, built in 1976, and root on their favorite team for “Marsh Madness.”

Daily Digs: Academy Opens $14.5M Field House, Village Moves Forward With New Rec Center, and More!

Thornton Academy in Saco, Maine, has opened the new $14.5 million Miles Field House, a 49,000-square-foot facility that includes a $160,000 removable floor, which can be disassembled and stored when not in use to protect the surface.

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2026 Architectural Showcase Digital Experience

Check out a dynamic digital experience of all 50 facilities included in the 2026 Architectural Showcase.

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High School Looks to Share Baseball Field With Softball Team as Temporary Title IX Fix

A school board in Little Rock, Ark., has floated a compromise amid softball player complaints that their field doesn't match the quality of a new $5 million synthetic turf field built for the baseball team and thus represents a potential Title IX violation.

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Daily Digs: OKC Breaks Ground on New Stadium, Virginia Announces New Luxury '1931 Club' at Scott Stadium, and More!

Oklahoma City leaders broke ground on the new MAPS 4 Multipurpose Stadium, a $121 million project officials say will help shape the city's future as a hub for sports, entertainment and community events.

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Your Campus Recreation Summer Checklist Begins Here

If practice makes perfect, then summer creates success. That’s the motto Jennifer Jones adheres to every year around this time.

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2026 Architectural Showcase Snapshot

Our annual Architectural Showcase celebrates the diversity and magnificence of the facilities that house vibrant athletics, fitness and recreation communities. This year’s collection of submissions is no exception. Here’s a quick look at the 2026 submissions data.

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Lawmakers Fail to Pass 'Megaprojects' Bill to Keep Bears in Illinois

The Chicago Bears are no closer to finalizing plans for a new stadium in Illinois. After the state Senate approved the megaprojects bill in May, the House of Representatives passed a $55.9 billion state budget on Sunday night and then adjourned without including a plan for the Bears.

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Daily Digs: Mavericks Secure Site for New Arena, Check Out the 16 Stadiums Playing Host to the World Cup, and More!

The Dallas Mavericks have a preliminary agreement on a site for a new arena that would move the club out of downtown for the first time in 2031, a year after the franchise's 50th anniversary.

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Daily Digs: Pitt State's End Zone Project, New York FC Building MLS' First Fully Electric Stadium, and More!

A new end zone facility at Pitt State's Carnie Smith Stadium will include a game day locker room, private suites, coaches' offices and a centralized recruiting area, team meeting rooms and an event space capable of serving both university and community needs year-round.

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AB Show 2026 in Orlando

AB Show is a solution-focused event for athletics, fitness, recreation and military professionals.

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