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Briggs Athletic Center--which was converted last year from an indoor track with a dirt floor to a basketball court with a portable astroturf covering--suffered from minor-structural problems in its first year of use. Though most athletes and coaches using the facility praise it as an excellent multi-use complex, some complain of inadequate ventilation and problems with the worn floor surface. Officials call these problems "minor" and say repairs are currently being considered...
Briggs Athletic Center--which was converted last year from an indoor track with a dirt floor to a basketball court with a portable astroturf covering--suffered from minor structural problems in its first year of use. Though most athletes and coaches using the facility praise it as an excellent multi-use complex, some complain of inadequate ventilation and problems with the worn floor surface. Officials call these problems "minor" and say repairs are currently being considered...
...match was Harvard's second on astroturf this year--the team lost, 3-0, at Boston College on October 1--but the players did not seem to be at a major disadvantage at Nickerson Field...
Oomen said builders had discovered the leak before they land the new floor, a wood surface for basketball, which can be covered with astroturf to accommodate baseball, lacrosse and other sports in had weather...
...addition to making the astroturf slippery, the water could leak through and damage the unfinished wood floor underneath, Oomen said...