Sports & Recreation

Metal roof tops new softball stadium

The new
Sherri Parker Lee Softball Stadium at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn., is adjacent to the Regal Soccer Stadium, which also features a metal roof from Petersen Aluminum Corp., Elk Grove Village, Ill. The Lady Vols softball stadium seats 1,600 spectators, double the capacity of the previous facility. The $8.5 million project features a state-of-the-art press box, VIP suites and digital scoreboard with video playback capabilities. The facility also includes a clubhouse with conference rooms, sports medicine center, coaches’ office and players’ room.

Petersen supplied 30,000 square feet (2,787 m2) of 24-guage Snap Clad panels in Patina Green; 6,000 square feet (557 m2) of 24-gauge Reveal Panels in Silver; and 2,000 square feet (186 m2) of 0.032-inch (0.8-mm) aluminum PAC-850 in Silver. Lockwood Greene Engineers & Architects, Knoxville, was the architect, and Baird
& Wilson Sheet Metal, Knoxville, was the roofing contractor.

Petersen Aluminum Corp., www.pac-clad.com