NBT Bank Stadium

Syracuse, NY

Appel Osborne Landscape Architecture worked with Onondaga County to transform the Syracuse's AAA Baseball Franchise Stadium from an Artificial Turf Baseball Field to a Sand Based Natural Turf Baseball Field, saving as much of the existing infrastructure and stone base drainage system as possible.
Scope of services included removal of worn Astroturf, milling of porous asphalt base, adjusting the grades for a natural turf field, specifying a sand base root zone, skinned infield, warning track, removable pitcher’s mound and improvements to home and visiting team bullpens.
To assist with growing maintenance requirements, AOLA designed a subsurface irrigation system.
Prime designer for a maintenance facility building. Responsible for the team of architects and engineers to site and develop the facility building to house equipment.
The stadium was chosen by the players as one of the top two fields in the league.