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Building a Fine Custom Roping Arena Colorado

There comes a day when having your own roping arena Colorado makes you more competitive.  Instead of a third place finish, you determine to practice more.  Over time, those efforts may help deliver to you the top competitive spot at the PRCA or Wrangler NFR.  Or go all in while enhancing your social life.  Build a team roping arena.

Experienced Colorado Arena Builders

So how do you begin?  Conveniently located in Castle Rock, Colorado, Sapphire Construction, Inc. is your one-stop shop for ranching and equestrian buildings.  An experienced team of architects, designers, builders, and craftsmen take your ideas and goals to formulate the best options for your own roping arena Colorado.  Having helped many other local families and cattle/equine operations, Sapphire Construction promises to get you off on the right hoof.

We specialize in pole-building construction.  These buildings provide large open spans and flexible configurations. Unobstructed space for writing is part of the basic arena. Dress it up to blend with the astounding beauty along the Colorado Front Range.  Go energy efficient with solar panels and electronic gates.  Whatever your dream, we will work hard with our associates and partner Lester Buildings to make it a reality.

Considerations for Roping Arenas

Safety is top priority for all arena activities.  Safety for animals, riders, caretakers, and audiences. It all starts with the placement of the building on a Building Site.  Natural factors come into play.  Planners need to assess soil type, prevailing, winds, impact of the sun, topography, run off, drifting, and other factors.

How much space do you want?  Types of events planned for your arena will determine its size. The length, width, and height do matter. A roping arena needs greater length and width than a cutting arena. A good general size is 150’ x 250’.  The bigger the facility the higher the maintenance.

Necessary Aspects for Arenas

Important necessities make all the difference.  Good design facilitates each of them.  For example,

1. Everyone and each animal needs good air.  Open air or enclosed, ventilation makes a difference.
2. You need easy access to water. Water is used to test down the dirt floor and for the animals.
3. Electricity. Lighting, the speaker system, and high-tech controls for gates and roping shoots all need electricity.
4. Gates must be located in appropriate places for each sport.  Some require the ability to be opened remotely or while on horseback.
5. Sturdy metal components need to be incorporated into arena design:  Connectors, Panels, Alley Gates, Walk-Thrus or Drive Thrus, Alley Comer,

Roping Boxes, Stripping Chutes, Dug-out Boxes, Lead Up Alleys, Bucking Chutes, Pens, Cattle Squeeze Chutes, Horse Stalls, Paddocks, Return Alleys and more.

These factors only begin the conversation.  Developed over 60 years, customized modern pole buildings engineered by Lester Buildings come with 50 year warranties.  Find out more at Sapphire Construction, Inc.

Arena Builders Denver to Colorado Springs

Please contact Sapphire Construction, Inc. at (303) 619-7213 for information about building you a roping arena Colorado. Our design and building teams use electronic renditions to show three-dimensional facsimiles of preliminary and final designs and details.