Sports

The Trends Redefining Sports Venues in 2022 and Beyond
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The Trends Redefining Sports Venues in 2022 and Beyond

Every fan coming to the game expects a higher level of experience. So, how can sports venue design enhance the spectator experience?

Designing Performance Centers to Promote Well-being for Athletes
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Designing Performance Centers to Promote Well-being for Athletes

The sports industry has shifted beyond pure training facilities to establish performance centers that take a more holistic approach to “total...

Q2 Stadium Celebrates Austin’s Local Roots With a Unique Stadium Design
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Q2 Stadium Celebrates Austin’s Local Roots With a Unique Stadium Design

Austin's Q2 Stadium is more than a stadium — it's a 365-day destination and community asset that capitalizes on the city’s cultural heritage, natural...

The Inclusion Utopia: Promoting a More Equitable and Inclusive Experience for Athletes
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The Inclusion Utopia: Promoting a More Equitable and Inclusive Experience for Athletes

With over 100 anti-trans bills across the United States, we sought to understand how design can create opportunities for an inclusive and safe locker...

Sports: Design Strategies for a Post-COVID World
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Sports: Design Strategies for a Post-COVID World

Gensler’s Sports leaders discuss how sports and entertainment developments spur economic and urban growth, enable capital projects, extend the fan...

Design Forecast: Sports
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Design Forecast: Sports

To adapt, sports venues must prioritize comfort and safety, while enhancing the fan experience. Sporting leagues have an opportunity to design...

Bringing Sports Back to the Venue
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Bringing Sports Back to the Venue

We’ve been working with our clients to understand the challenges, questions, and potential strategies to get players and fans back to the sports...

Is the Virtual Fan Experience Ready for the Big Game?
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Is the Virtual Fan Experience Ready for the Big Game?

Until fans are allowed back inside sports arenas, what can we do now to enhance the fan experience virtually?

Dialogue 35: TRANSFORMING THE URBAN EXPERIENCE THROUGH DESIGN
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Dialogue 35:
TRANSFORMING
THE URBAN EXPERIENCE
THROUGH DESIGN

TRANSFORMING THE URBAN EXPERIENCE THROUGH DESIGN As cities continue to grow, designers are stepping in to create experiences that connect people to...

The Arena at the Heart of an Evolving Community
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The Arena at the Heart of an Evolving Community

With an emphasis on hospitality, San Francisco’s Chase Center bolsters a growing neighborhood.

The Sports/Community Connection
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The Sports/Community Connection

Sports developments are benefiting more than just fans of the game by becoming hubs for local economic growth and community partnership.

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DESIGN FORECAST

2019

Design Forecast presents a comprehensive look at design around the globe, with over 100 pages of insights, research and industry trends. Register...

Dialogue 33: DESIGNING CITIES FOR PEOPLE
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Dialogue 33: DESIGNING
CITIES
FOR PEOPLE

DESIGNING CITIES FOR PEOPLE No matter how you look at cities, people are always at the center. For that reason, we believe that human experience is...

The Changing Face of Sports Arenas
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The Changing Face of Sports Arenas

Today’s sports venues are a digital-savvy new mix of placemaking and socializing.

The Future of Stadium Design: Banc of California Stadium
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The Future of Stadium Design: Banc of California Stadium

Sports stadiums are embracing far more than just the game.

Navigating Olympic Tokyo
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Navigating Olympic Tokyo

A speculative proposal for Tokyo before, during, and after the 2020 Olympics.

#Winning the Fan Engagement Game
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#Winning the Fan Engagement Game

An investigation into sports fans’ relationships with their favorite teams.

Measuring Experience
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Measuring Experience

Gensler researchers take on the challenge of quantifying the value of experiential design.

More Than a Game
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More Than a Game

To get more value from their real estate, sports venues are emulating mixed use.

Designing Vibrant Communities
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Designing Vibrant Communities

Vibrant communities are the building blocks of our fast-paced, increasingly urban world. To help cities thrive, these communities must be connected...

Cactus League Kings
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Cactus League Kings

Every March, the Cactus League, a tradition in and around Phoenix since 1947, stages the annual Arizona-based Spring Training pre-season for Major...