Practical but Not Pretty. That’s Pro Tennis at Miami’s N.F.L. Stadium.
Five years ago, the Miami Open had to abandon Crandon Park on Key Biscayne for Hard Rock Stadium and its parking lot. It remains a work in progress.
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At Indian Wells, the Players Have a Playground of Their Own
To protect the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, the tournament’s founder took a “get off my lawn” approach so that tennis players could always count on getting on his lawn.
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Ron Labinski, Who Designed a Cozier Future for Stadiums, Dies at 85
An architect, he followed his hunch that teams would abandon ugly concrete multipurpose arenas for fan-friendly single-sport facilities, like Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
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All Hail the ‘God of Sod,’ Groundskeeper for Each of the 57 Super Bowls
On Sunday, George Toma’s perfectionism will be on display for hundreds of millions of people who will have no idea who he is or how he suffers for his work.