Playing at work paying dividends for Classic Sport

BROOMFIELD — At Classic Sport Companies playing street hockey or foosball at work is not discouraged. In fact, it’s considered product testing.

For the 50 employees of Broomfield-based Classic Sport, work is synonymous with play, and it’s this enthusiasm for games that has helped catapult the company from being a garage operation to a nearly $25 million a year business in 10 years.

Classic Sport manufactures a variety of sporting goods products, including balls for team sports, lawn games, such as croquet and badminton sets, and indoor games, such as foosball and air hockey tables.

The company, formerly known as R.A.M. Sports,…