Programming Should Drive Rec Center Surface Selection

From a cultural perspective, at least in the United States, the wood-floored gymnasium appears to be ingrained.

"People just kind of expect wood, as a level of quality," says Ernest Joyner, a principal with the Denver-based architectural firm Sink Combs Dethlefs, adding that smaller community rec centers that are limited to a single court space will almost always opt for a resilient hardwood floor. "When people walk in there for the first time, they want to see that wood floor. That's when they say, 'This is a great new facility.'"

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