Grand Slam Renovation
INNOVATIVE MATERIALS ELEVATE STADIUM MAKEOVER
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hallenged with transforming an aging tennis stadium in Charleston, South Carolina, into the ultimate venue for refined revelry, designers looked to one of the pioneering companies in the surface & panel industry. “We wanted this space to look very sophisticated and serene, yet it needed to be extremely durable,” says Michelle Hertel, Senior Interior Designer with LS3P Associates LTD, a multidisciplinary firm offering architecture, interiors, and planning services to a wide variety of clients nationwide. “Formica proved to be one of the solutions to that challenge.” Hertel led the design team for the Credit One Stadium expansion, which began in 2020 and was completed less than two years later — no small feat for a project of this size during
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the COVID-era. In the end, they helped create a world-class tennis stadium that can transition to an elite entertainment venue. The design features a reimagined VIP club level, wellness-focused player and performer amenities, media and support spaces, and private hospitality suites ringing center court. As home to the largest women-only tennis tournament in North America and one of the largest concert venues in the area, Credit One Stadium required design solutions to accommodate its diverse users. Amenity spaces needed to be luxurious enough to compete with those of the Grand Slam tournaments around the world in order to draw top competitors year after year. Support spaces needed to be versatile enough to transition from a media broadcast to a full-scale concert. The team needed to consider how each space would be used and curate an aesthetic that