Metal Products Present In Every Facet Of Speedway's Construction

摘要

They may not go 200 miles per hour, but the brightly colored metal wall panels featured on the grandstand at Kansas Speedway do succeed in conveying the action and excitement of auto racing. That was part of the reasoning behind their extensive use on the 261 million dollars project. The facility - owned and operated by International Speedway Corp. - is the largest tourist attraction in the State of Kansas and one of the largest sports facilities in the entire Midwest. Called a next-generation racing facility, it has general admission seating for 75,000 people and luxury suites to accommodate thousands more. There is parking for 43,318 vehicles and 692 RVs, all on a 1,300-acre site. It was designed by the Overland Park, KS, office of the DLR Group. Five different colors of IW10-A metal wall panels are featured on the project, although blue and gold - the colors of the Kansas state flag - are featured. The panels - in various amounts of Purple Grandeur, Amulet Blue, Starsaphire Blue, Yellow Banana and Pure White - were manufactured by CENTRIA, Moon Township, PA. They were installed by Baker-Smith Sheet Metal of Blue Springs, MO.