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Field House staff say floor-cover setup can take about four hours for gymnastics events
Summary
Staff at the Winter Haven Field House described how crews lay protective floor covers and mats for gymnastics and other events, estimating the process can take about four hours if the same workers both lay and tape sections; separate crews reduced the time in a recent setup.
Brian Donahue, an Art, Struct. and Culture building service worker at the Field House, described how staff lay protective floor covers for gymnastics and other events and said the process can take several hours when the same workers both lay and tape mat sections.
“Hi. I'm Brian Donahue, Art, Struct, and Culture building service worker here at the Field House. The event we have is gymnastics. They have equipment apparatus that they put down, so this floor cover kind of protects the floor,” Donahue said. He described the mats as being arranged in “about 10 quick sections” with two people laying them out and follow-up workers taping edges “so they're not a tripping hazard.”
Jennifer Burke, facility manager at the Field House, provided context on the facility's event mix. “Here at the Field House we host many different events. Some of them are volleyball, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, jujitsu, Florida theater conferences, ******** tournaments, robotics, and pickleball tournaments, just to name a few,” Burke said.
Donahue estimated the full setup time when the same crew lays and tapes: “If the people that are laying down the mats are also taping, it can take between, you know, around 4 hours to do.” He contrasted that with a recent morning setup when separate crews worked in sequence: “This morning, it went really quick. We had a crew pulling out the mats and we had another crew behind them doing the taping. And the taping was going almost as fast as the laying down on the mat. So it went really, really fast this morning.”
Donahue named staff who helped in the recent setup: Nate Romberger, who “was laying out the mats with me”; Cheryl, described as “another building service worker,” who performed taping; and Keyshore, noted as the maintenance mechanic. He also said a contractor, Aquadex, sends a worker named Tanner who “comes over around 08:00 and helps out.”
The description focused on labor, sequencing and safety (taping edges to reduce trip hazards). No formal action, policy change or scheduling decision was recorded in the discussion; staff provided operational detail about how the facility prepares for events and how staffing choices affect setup time.
