The Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball team has named Jacobsen, a Textron company, the official turf equipment supplier of Cubs Park, the team’s brand-new spring training facility located in Mesa, Ariz. Cubs Park, which cost $99 million to complete, is spread out over 140 acres and includes four practice fields, a 65,000 square-foot player development center and one stadium. Cubs Park seats... read more
Rain Bird irrigation systems will be used in 11 regional soccer stadiums recently constructed for the the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. The first Brazilian stadium to install a Rain Bird irrigation system was Castelão Stadium, located in the city of Fortaleza, in September of 2012. Over the next 11 months, Rain Bird signed on nine more stadiums. The 11th installation,... read more
Jared Hoyle, Ph.D., Kansas State University (KSU) extension turfgrass specialist, gives Athletic Turf updates on its turf program at the 2014 STMA Conference. The KSU turf team has been painting athletic fields as well as researching wear tolerance and experimental weed control products. read more
In 2010, a baseball field opened in West Dallas, Texas, called the “Field of Dreams.” Founded by the nonprofit Mercy Street, it has served the community as a place for impoverished kids ages five to 14 to learn baseball and develop life skills from volunteer coaches and staff. Now, Mercy Street had Turf Solutions Group (TSG) design and build two softball fields,... read more
