To hold a corporate tournament or organize classes for a group of people wishing to learn self-defense techniques, you need to find a sports ground. Better yet, officially rent a well-equipped gym. But when drawing up a contract, it is important not to miss anything that could then interfere with your games and training.
We look at the time
The choice of the category of the sports hall depends both on the level and timing of the competition, as well as on the type of sport and the number of people who will be in the room. Taking into account, including fans. It is one thing if you intend to play only one friendly match, for example, in futsal, and quite another to hold a longer complex tournament with the participation of a dozen teams. Not to mention the organization of months-long and regular training for karatekas, dancers or yoga fans. For the first of the possible situations, it is enough to agree on an hour of unofficial rent without any special requirements in terms of comfort. You can directly contact the director of a secondary school, which has a regular gym.
But if we are talking about fairly large competitions like the national championship, then you should look for a large modern sports complex. That is, it has not only sites for professional and amateur tournaments in various sports, but also many additional services. At the same time, it fully works in the evening, on weekends and holidays for the country. The contract with the administration of such a structure should only be official. With an indication of the exact terms, services provided, rights, obligations and measures of responsibility of both parties. For example, for the behavior of fans or for wearing soccer shoes with black soles that stain the hall parquet.
Sports part
Arriving at the hall that you intend to rent for competitions, especially with the participation of professionals, try, first of all, to inspect the sports field, evaluate its coverage and the correctness of the markings. This can be done without notifying anyone, on your own. Above all, do not forget to bring clean, removable shoes with you. Later, you should check the operation of the microphone and electronic scoreboard, the condition of basketball hoops, mini-football wooden goals, volleyball net mounts. By the way, there should also be nets on the rings and at the gates.
Important for comfort is the availability of seats for fans outside the playing field or on the balcony, as well as air conditioning in hot weather. Benches for substitutes located along the court, a table for the informant and secretary, and high-quality lighting under the ceiling will help to conduct the tournament well. Moreover, the lamps must be reliably protected from possible hitting them by a high-launched ball. It is necessary to know exactly whether the payment for the so-called utilities is included in the lease. Otherwise, it may happen that the lights go out immediately after the final whistle, and teams and referees will have to change clothes in the dark.
A must for any solid gym is the presence of at least two spacious dressing rooms with armchairs or benches, with wardrobes for outerwear and shoes, with several closed showers and a toilet near the exit from the site. Check in advance if you can use your own sports equipment during the competition - balls, rackets, shuttlecocks and others. If it is impossible and the administration provides everything of its own, then it should be prescribed in the contract, on what conditions and what you will face in case of loss of a table tennis ball and breakdown of a bicycle simulator. A separate clause of the agreement should be compensation for damage to the hall in case someone breaks a chair in anger after defeat or in the excitement of sports wrestling damages the same net.
Hello buffet
Organizers and participants of major tournaments, including corporate ones, usually bring a doctor with a first aid kit and everything necessary to provide first aid to injured victims. But you can also agree, for a fee, that during the competition a local doctor will stay at work or an ambulance team will arrive. And in the lobby, which is especially important in winter, they will open a wardrobe for fans and a buffet with coffee, mineral water and sandwiches, which is always in demand at sporting events. By the way, it is prohibited to sell and consume alcoholic drinks and beer in sports facilities.
Excellent news for the participants of the competition, who are going to take with them or have invited their wives and children, will be information about the availability of a children's room or even a playground for young daughters and sons in the complex. It is worth remembering that the more people come to the sports complex in personal or company cars, the more relevant the question of parking places will be. It is unlikely that any of the big managers will agree to abandon the Fords and Mercedes in the middle of the street and without guards, and even walk in the rain and snow two kilometers to the hall and back. The presence of police or security officers in the hall, at least in civilian clothes, will not hurt either.
Sections and groups
Gyms are rented on a contractual basis and for regular classes and training of athletes who come to them after or before work. This is done, in particular, by "interest groups" and some organizations that in their free time develop one kind of sport among their employees - mainly games (mini-football, volleyball) or power martial arts. There are no special differences in the contracts. Except that in this case the agreement will be long-term, and the rent will be paid once a month. As a rule, in such cases, points about the availability of parking, a buffet or an open medical room are not provided.
