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Noblesville, IN - Located in the northern Indianapolis suburb of Noblesville, Indiana, St. Theodore Guerin High School is a private Roman Catholic college-preparatory school with a highly accomplished athletics program. The purple and gold athletic teams compete in 24 varsity sports ranging from football to baseball, soccer, track, golf, and more. In 2020, Guerin contacted COVERMASTER® about turf blankets for their football field. They ordered a 90 by 220-foot EVERGREEN® PREMIUM TURF COVER for its ability to protect the turf and encourage early green-ups and turf growth.

Edmonton, Alberta - In 2017, COVERMASTER® provided a gym floor protection system to École Maurice-Lavallée, a Canadian francophone high school, in the Bonnie Doon neighborhood of south-central Edmonton, Alberta. Now, their gymnasium could be used for non-athletic events without harming or compromising the condition of their gym floor. Since that time, the school has been very pleased with the performance of their gym floor cover.

London, United Kingdom - The 2023 Major League Baseball WorldTour London Series is part of an exciting, ongoing plan to bring the MLB to its many fans throughout the world. This year, it meant taking London Stadium (built for the 2012 Summer Olympics and now home of West Ham United Football Club of England’s Premier League) and turning it into a regulation, MLB baseball stadium, to continue the rivalry between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals. This is not easy when you have a limited window to create a pop-up facility inside a stadium not made for baseball.

Troy, OH - From the Antioch Shrine Circus to Alice Cooper and the American Girl Live pop-up concert, Hobart Arena in Troy, Ohio hosts a wide variety of sporting events, trade shows, conferences, and concerts from one year to the next. It’s also the home of Troy Trojans Varsity Hockey, Troy Bruins Youth Hockey, and the Troy Skating Club. As with any multi-purpose facility, changeovers from ice to non-ice activities always presents a challenge.

Quinter, KS - With a population of less than 1,000, Quinter, Kansas is a small town just off Interstate 70 and about 4.5 hours west of Kansas City. When the lone junior/senior high school installed a new gymnasium floor, there was concern about non-athletic events. Like so many small communities, a school gymnasium was one of the few locations that large meetings, special events, and graduations could be held. Needless to say, if gym floor protection is not used, the wear and tear of non-athletic activities would take its toll on the gym floor.

Madison, WI - The University of Wisconsin in Madison offers a wide variety of sports including baseball, basketball, volleyball, hockey, track & field, swimming, diving, rowing, and yes, soccer. As a world leader in sport surface protection, COVERMASTER® has worked with the university over the years with their indoor facilities. So, when their groundskeepers searched for windscreens for the Badgers soccer program’s designated soccer field, they were impressed with the quote from COVERMASTER®.

Milwaukee, WI - The UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is a multi-use venue that not only hosts everything from hockey to basketball, indoor soccer, and roller derby, it also hosts concert tours, pro wrestling, and a wide variety of large events. Like any multi-use venue, switching back and forth from ice to non-ice activities and events is a challenge to maintain a quality ice surface and minimize operational costs.

Cincinnati, OH - For more than 20 years, COVERMASTER® has been working with the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL to provide the ultimate in sports surface covers and accessories. When the Bengals felt it was time to replace their 2015 raincover at Paycor Stadium, they didn’t hesitate to contact COVERMASTER® for a new one.

Mason, OH - When Prasco Park opened on the Mason, Ohio campus of Prasco Pharmaceuticals in 2008, the idea was to build a baseball facility for the community to enjoy. It was a way for Prasco to give back to the community, celebrate the game of baseball, and encourage youth baseball in the area. Today, it’s home of the Cincinnati Sparks travel team and hosts baseball tournaments right up to the college level. Total attendance over a summer is as high as 60 thousand people.

Lewisburg, PA - Back in 2003, Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, purchased a gym floor cover for protection during non-athletic events along with a mobile storage rack to store it. Fast forward to July 2022. The private liberal arts college came back to COVERMASTER® to replace the gym floor protective covering that had served them well for nearly 20 years.

Miskolc, Hungary - Diósgyőri Stadion in Miskolc, Hungary is a multi-purpose stadium and home of the Diósgyőr-Vasgyári Testgyakorlók Köre football club. The “DVTK” is a top tier team in the Hungarian League with one of the most avid fan bases in the country. The stadium itself can hold some 15,325 spectators and is host not only to football, but also to a wide spectrum of concerts and special events.

Vermillion, SD - The installation of windscreens on outfield fencing has been a real game changer for more and more university, college, and high school athletic departments. The University of South Dakota (USD) in Vermillion purchased and installed 390 feet from COVERMASTER® of Windscreen for their chain link fencing in the outfield and from left to right of the foul poles of their softball facility.

Hillsboro, MO - When Hillsboro R-3 School District in Hillsboro, Missouri was looking for a baseball field cover for their high school’s infield, they did their research. “Based on what I found when looking for 160 x 160 baseball field tarps, COVERMASTER® had a price that couldn’t be beat.” Hillsboro was referring to RAINCOVER PREMIER™, the COVERMASTER® industry standard, lightweight field tarp.

Toronto, ON - COVERMASTER® has been providing outfield stadium padding for the MLB’s Toronto Blue Jays since the opening of what was then called “SkyDome” in 1989. In fact, the final padding was selected for the retractable-roof stadium by testing various samples at the Blue Jays spring training stadium in Dunedin, Florida. Over the years, COVERMASTER® has provided various updates to the stadium wall padding in what is now called the Rogers Centre, but the best was yet to come.

Los Angeles, CA - COVERMASTER®` has provided turf cover for the Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) since it became a member cub of Major League Soccer in the U.S in 2018. Based in Exposition Park in South Los Angeles, both the men’s and women’s soccer clubs play in soccer-specific BMO Stadium. In 2022, the men’s team won their first MLS Cup.

Houston, TX - In February of this year, COVERMASTER® was contacted by Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas - the oldest professional theater company in Texas and the third oldest resident theater in the United States. They needed two new sections of seat covers for their 774-seat Hubbard Theatre by early March for a premiere of “Cowboy Bob”, a new musical loosely based on the real-life story of Peggy Jo Tallas who disguised herself as bearded cowboy to rob Texas banks. Learn more at www.alleytheatre.org

Lakewood, OH - Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood, Ohio is a not-for-profit, community arts and education hub for a variety of disciplines, including dance, music, theater, and visual arts. Having more than one type of activity in the same space posed an ongoing issue for their Harlequin dance floor. Specially designed to reduce the risk of injury and help dancers perform to the best of their abilities, the dance floor had to be regularly removed and re-installed to prevent damage from non-dance activities.

Amsterdam, Netherlands - AFC Ajax NV Football Club, in the Eredivisie, (the highest tier of Dutch football) needed a new turf cover for their grass surface at their training facility.