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New floor at The Bob sports new YoUDee look |
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While the UD women's basketball team has been heating up the hardwoods at home and away, another group has been busy making sure that the home team and the home crowd really enjoy the home court advantage at the Bob Carpenter Center. Recently, a new floor, complete with an updated “competitive” YoUDee logo in the center court circle, was installed in the Frank E. Acierno Arena. The new YoUDee graphic on the new floor, installed by Horner Flooring Co., of Dollar Bay, Mich., is the work of Keith Heckert, an art director in the Office of Public Relations. The competitive symbol of Fightin' Blue Hen sports teams also appears on all UD sports-related posters and other items, and also can be seen on the Delaware Field House and in Delaware Stadium, Heckert said. “We wanted to phase out the old look and were seeking a more competitive image,” Heckert said. “I designed the new competitive YoUDee right after Delaware's football team won the NCAA Division I-AA national football championship in 2003.” The new, 94 x 50-foot floor, including the competitive YoUDee design at center court, was constructed by Horner Flooring in Philadelphia, taken apart and reassembled at The Bob, Heckert said. According to its web site [www.hornerflooring.com/], Horner floors have been used at the NBA All-Star and NCAA Final Four games for more than 20 years. The company also supplies sports flooring systems for schools, colleges, universities, sports organizations, Olympic and international athletic governing bodies and private clubs worldwide. Heckert's designs have appeared on the UD Marching Band truck, in UD football offices and team locker rooms in The Bob, as well as in the UD Bookstore in the Perkins Student Center. Media contact: Martin Mbugua, (302) 831-8749, [mbugua@udel.edu] |
