major-league stadiums like Busch Sta- dium in St. Louis, Chicago’s Wrigley Field and U.S. Cellular Field, multiple NFL and college stadiums, and even obscure high school facilities like La Joya ISD Stadium in tiny La Joya, Texas, and many in between. To cast the sides, Atlas uses inserts and 10 universal patterns. Diff erent inserts are used depending on what American Seating's customer wants. One pattern can be adjusted to make 25 diff erent designs. To accom- modate the inclines of rows of bleach- ers, the seat sides go up in degrees, starting at 2 degrees. T e fi rst stadium that Atlas cast the seat sides for was the Ballpark in Arlington (now called Globe Life Park) for baseball’s Texas Rangers. Built in 1994, the stadium was part of a wave of new parks that tried to emulate the look of older fi elds. T e workmanship Atlas provided was a solid fi t for American Seating’s needs, and was another step in the companies’ relationship. “Without a doubt, I think the own-
One of Atlas’ more visible products are seat sides that are cast for major-league ballparks, like this one for the St. Louis Cardinals.
ership’s involved at Atlas,” said Bruce Weener, vice president of customer service, American Seating. “When the ownership’s involved you can develop a relationship and if you can develop a good relationship with somebody, that’s who you want to do business with. We’ve had a good relationship with Atlas’ management for over 20 years.” That relationship came in handy
for American Seating in 2015 when it was putting in new seats for a large football stadium. The re-seat, and other projects for some minor-league baseball parks,
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