



SHAWNEE MISSION,
KANSAS
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NORTH
DISTRICT
Stadium
Sited adjacent to Shawnee Mission North High School, the Shawnee Mission North District Stadium is a replacement of an existing facility. Serving area high school student-athletes, the stadium is designed to accommodates football, track and field and soccer. Special district event such as commencement will be held at the stadium as well.
Seating 5500, the new facility focuses on maintaining the park-like setting the previous stadium was renown for. Circulation routes are reinforced by landscaping and earth berms are utilized to create a heightened sense of nature and the outdoors. Elements such as locker rooms and ticketing are pulled away from the main stadium to increase the sense of exterior enclosure.
The seating sections, although based on standard components, have been customized to respond to general admission seating practices. In addition, the ends of the seating sections have been radiused to create a stronger sense of identity for the facility and compliment the organic nature of the site.