Another first for Norwalk

For “dirt” shows monster trucks, rodeo, MotoX in stadiums, they put down 1 inch ply wood on the grass to the edge of the bleachers and start bringing in the dirt, truck by truck so the dirt is about 18-24” deep depending on the building. For arenas, most of the time, the ice is melted a few days prior, and then they’ll pour dirt on to the concrete floor. When dirt shows are not in the schedule in arenas with basketball and hockey, the ice is always down, they then have an insulated floor covering placed on the ice that is black so it looks like the floor, then the B.B. court is placed on top of that. If concerts are scheduled, the court comes up and the concert stage is build on the ice covering. It takes about 3 full days to lay the ice down, so when there’s a packed schedule, time does not allow for the ice to come up.

When they covered Bristol in dirt last spring, they packed the dirt up to 10 feet deep on the apron and think it was about 5 feet deep on the track up to the walls.. so it will be interesting