City: Overland Park
- (913) 484-5211
- 9815 Howe Drive, Overland Park, 66206
VSR Design is a landscape architecture firm specializing in sports complex design and development. The firm collaborates with architectural partners to deliver comprehensive athletic facility projects, with demonstrated expertise in ballfield complexes and recreational sports venues. VSR Design provides overall complex improvement planning, phasing strategies, and complete construction documentation services. The firm's landscape architecture capabilities encompass synthetic turf field design, walkway systems, pedestrian lighting, and natural landscape integration. Their project approach incorporates ADA-compliant access design, safety enhancements, and playability improvements for athletic facilities. The firm emphasizes sustainable design principles in their work, including native plant selection, water quality best management practices, and ecosystem protection. VSR Design's projects feature durable, efficient designs engineered for minimum maintenance requirements. Notable completed work includes the Mid-America Sports Complex in Shawnee, Kansas, a twelve-field softball and baseball facility developed for the Johnson County Park and Recreation District. This project encompassed synthetic turf fields, LED sports lighting, concessions and restroom buildings, a clubhouse with fan amenities, and playground facilities. VSR Design principal Vance Rzepka leads the firm's landscape architecture services, bringing specialized knowledge in sports facility planning and natural landscape design to athletic venue projects throughout the region.
USA Sports Turf specializes in providing high-tech synthetic turf solutions for sports fields, arenas, playgrounds, and residential applications. The company offers comprehensive design/build services that comply with local, city, county, and state requirements, working alongside manufacturing and construction partners as a fully insured and bonded organization. The company delivers competitive pricing on turf products backed by an 8-year manufacturer's warranty and emphasizes long-term customer support beyond project completion. USA Sports Turf serves a diverse client base including park and recreation departments, city municipalities, private ventures, public and private schools, colleges, universities, and professional sport facilities, handling both original installations and reinstallations. Led by Mark West, who brings over 20 years of synthetic turf industry experience in sales management, project management, and material acquisition, the company emphasizes athlete and coach safety alongside performance and durability. West's background as a Certified Athletic Trainer at collegiate, professional, and Olympic levels, including service as Head Athletic Trainer for US Swimming at the 1986 Goodwill Games, informs the company's focus on safety standards. CEO Drew Marino contributes over 35 years of professional and amateur sports experience, also serving as President/CEO of USA Sports Inc., a sports management consulting firm. The company is owned and operated in the USA.