Fitness Club Rebuilt in Wake of Storm - February 2008
The December storm of 2007 flooded the city of Chehalis, Washington even shutting down I-5, the major thorough-fare between Portland and Seattle, for a number of days. The storm caused extensive damage to the entire region and the resulting floods destroyed the synthetic turf tennis courts at Thorebeck's Fit Life Center in Chehalis. This facility was recognized as the Outstanding Indoor Multi-Purpose Facility by the American Sports Builders Association in 2004. The soaked synthetic grass was removed and replaced with a hard-court system consisting of an asphalt overlay topped with Plexipave surface. Atlas Track & Tennis was selected to re-build the indoor courts by club owner, Dale Pullin. Atlas assembled a team that together, had the facility ready for play by mid-February.

Claremont McKenna College Track Resurface - January 2008
Atlas Track & Tennis completed the resurface of the Burns Track Complex on the campus of Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California. Coach John Goldhammer's perennial powerhouse track team has won 16 consecutive SCIAC (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) titles and is host to the annual Rossi Relays. The Atlas FP system was selected as the surface of choice for this prestigious facility.

Pro Footballer Helps New Mexico School - August 2007
Lovington High School and the youth of Lovington, New Mexico have somewhere to focus their energies on Friday nights thanks to pro football player Brian Urlacher. The Chicago Bears linebacker assisted the school and community in the construction of a new synthetic turf football field. Atlas Track & Tennis teamed with FieldTurf to provide a turn-key installation, highlighted by the placement of a blue FieldTurf Duraspine surface.

West Seattle Stadium Track Resurface - June 2007
Atlas Track & Tennis recently completed the 1.1 million dollar track renovation project for the City of Seattle's Parks and Recreation Department at historic West Seattle Stadium. Renovation of the old West Seattle Stadium included removal and disposal of the old surface, sub-base repairs and application of a new 18mm ATLAS SW surface.

Atlas and their sub-contractor, Premier Fields, teamed together to upgrade the entire facility including new long jump pits, steeplechase, pole vault, discus and shot put event areas. New equipment lighting and a water retention pond were also added to the facility to handle the heavy rains that Seattle is known for.

Texas Tech University Turf Installation - May 2007
The Atlas Track & Tennis FieldTurf alliance is off to a successful start with the athletic facilities at Texas Tech University. The Red Raiders football home at Jones AT&T Stadium, selected the FieldTurf Duraspine turf after the Atlas-FieldTurf team's products proved so successful at the Red Raiders practice facility. The Texas Tech athletic facilities personnel have been so impressed with the Atlas FieldTurf team that the university selected FieldTurf's Duraspine product to also cover their soccer stadium.

FieldTurf and Atlas Track &Tennis Announce Track Surfacing Partnership - January 2007
A significant partnership in the track surfacing industry was announced today with news of the alliance between FieldTurf and Atlas Track & Tennis. FieldTurf CEO John Gilman and Atlas CEO George Fisher jointly announced the partnership. The track surfacing products that will be marketed by the two companies will be known as ATLAS-RESISPORT.

"This strategic alliance will create a great situation for both FieldTurf and Atlas," said Gilman. "We at FieldTurf have been very pleased with the development of our highly-regarded track surfacing product. Atlas has been in the track business for over a quarter of a century, and I'm confident that we will form a dynamic team that will provide its customers with the finest track surfaces in the world."

"Atlas is excited about teaming with FieldTurf so we may provide the finest quality running surfaces nationwide," said Fisher. "Atlas is known as the "Contractor of Choice" for the construction of synthetic running tracks and tennis courts. Atlas provides the highest quality of workmanship, the most reliable products and dependable service in the industry."

The ATLAS-RESISPORT product will now provide the only third-party insured warranty in the track surfacing industry. FieldTurf is already the only provider of third-party insured warranties for its football fields.

"We have proven that our customer service and customer protection is unparalleled in this industry," continued Gilman. "Along with our partners at Atlas, we will once again be putting the customer first by standing behind our product in a way that none of our competitors are willing to do."