New guest amenities were unveiled Wednesday morning at Finley Stadium ahead of the BlueCross Bowl, a state championship high school football event expected to bring in more than 30,000 people over three days.
The three spaces — a Calming Corner, a mother’s room and an upgraded first aid room — aim to improve accessibility at the stadium. Finley Stadium partnered with Erlanger Health on the $50,000 project.
“Health care just doesn’t happen in the hospital, it happens where people are,” Erlanger CEO Jim Coleman said to a small group at Finley Stadium on Wednesday.
Finley Stadium Executive Director Brian Wright led a tour of the new amenities, beginning with the Calming Corner in the south concourse at Section 110. The room that was once home to a 700-pound safe is now filled with fidget toys, sensory bubble tubes and soft furniture — a refuge from the commotion for people with sensory challenges.
Stadium officials selected the items based on pages of recommendations given to them from the Children’s Hospital at Erlanger.