Project Highlight: The Riley Children’s Health Sports Legends Experience
SYNLawn’s Project Details
Location: Indianapolis, IN, USA
Project Year: 2018
Cost: $38.5 million
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is the largest of its kind in the world and this indoor/outdoor exhibit, The Riley Children’s Health Sports Legends Experience, is a massive effort to focus on health and fitness for families. SYNLawn artificial grass is anchoring four of the outdoor sports experiences to provide the most durable, natural-looking play surface for up to 6,000 guests per day.
SYNLawn provided artificial grass for the following experiences:
Pete and Alice Dye Golf Experience: Thirty-six holes with more than 38,000 sq. ft. of undulations, seams, and colors unite at this intricately designed museum golf exhibit for beginners to advanced players.
Indianapolis Colt's Football Experience: This experience allows children and adults to pass, kick field goals and engage with “tackling dummies” in the form of famous Colts players for an epic touchdown celebration.
Subway® Soccer Experience: This experience teaches passing, dribbling and shooting fundamentals and helps kids imagine themselves as future soccer stars.
Wiese Field Baseball Experience: In this experience, families learn about America’s pastime while learning important batting and catching skills.
This new model of health and fitness is a permanent addition to The Children's Museum complex, making the museum bigger and better than ever before. The Museum and the community at large are committed to expanding the definition of family learning. "The selection of SYNLawn artificial grass for this project was critical because of the need to provide the most lifelike, all-weather playing environment that could also blend in with natural landscape" said Dr. Jeffrey Patchen, Museum President and CEO.
