Facilities dedicated to outdoor sports, including football stadiums, motor racing circuits, golf courses, horse racing courses, athletics fields, padel courts, five-a-side football pitches and multi-purpose municipal facilities all have recurring characteristics that must be borne in mind when choosing the most suitable cleaning machines.
- These facilities are often characterised by large outdoor spaces in addition to the actual playing fields, and often have pleasant green areas that are exposed to the elements.
- They have ample parking spaces, often with pavements and pedestrian paths that pass through gates and other such bottlenecks to reach the facilities themselves.
- They are characterised by significant attendance peaks during competitions and sporting events, with a major drop-off in use at the end of the season.
- They often include surfaces made of different materials such as grass, concrete, anti-trauma rubber and artificial turf.
- If the main playing fields are surfaced in grass or compacted earth, then soil, mud and dirt will inevitably be dragged indoors as players return from the pitches and other facilities to the changing rooms.
- Use of these facilities for the practice of sports requires a constant level of maintenance and cleanliness to ensure the safety of players and the efficient maintenance of the facilities over time.
- Sports fields also have indoor spaces like changing rooms, gyms, public toilets, refreshment areas and equipment storage areas that require careful sanitation for the safety of visitors.
Given these characteristics, we recommend the use of a high-productivity, professional ride-on sweeper to manage outdoor areas and make cleaning efficient and sustainable. On large surfaces, no other tools are as fast, agile and versatile for cleaning up debris, leaves, earth, gravel and items of rubbish “forgotten” on site.
