Six Reasons to Choose Modular Tile Sports Flooring

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The Bethlehem YMCA Multisport Arena, of Delmar, N.Y., features a Mateflex flooring system. [Photo courtesy of Bethlehem YMCA Multisport Arena]
The Bethlehem YMCA Multisport Arena, of Delmar, N.Y., features a Mateflex flooring system. [Photo courtesy of Bethlehem YMCA Multisport Arena]

The Bethlehem Area YMCA in Delmar, N.Y., came into being following the conversion of a former two-sheet ice arena. One rink was converted to pool and gym spaces, and the arena's restaurant/bar and arcade were converted into a wellness facility. One rink remained, but it would begin seeing semiannual conversions of its own beginning four years ago.

The ice surface had always been removed for the offseason, but the polished concrete substrate underneath wasn't conducive to activity, essentially shutting down the rink space from March until August — that is, until the YMCA invested in modular tile sports flooring. Today, those once-lost four to five months are boom times inside the rink's dasher boards, as the 17,000 square feet of interlocking square-foot tiles accommodates basketball, soccer, box lacrosse, Ultimate, even pro wrestling — not to mention inline and floor hockey.

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