AstroTurf worked with the Philadelphia Phillies organization to help create an interactive baseball experience for their younger fans at Citizens Bank Park, called “The Yard.” The Yard is the Phillies’ new 13,000 square foot interactive baseball experience. Among the highlights is Citizens Bank Phan Field, complete with a major league dugout, a padded outfield wall and an AstroTurf field that... read more
Echo unveiled its RB-80 and RB-100S large-capacity turf application spreaders. Featuring sturdy steel frames and maintenance-free gear casing, both models are intended for turf applications such as seeds, fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides, but can also be used for other free-flowing materials such as ice melt. The spreaders’ oversized hopper contains a patented auger to help aid clumps of material to... read more
The Red Hook Recreation Area is your run-of-the-mill park with all the staples for a community to enjoy: soccer fields, baseball fields, wide open areas. Except it isn’t like every other park; it’s contaminated with lead. This local park in Red Hook, which is in New York City’s Brooklyn borough, has been the center of attention after the discovery of... read more
Tarps Now released a new line of indoor and outdoor sports field tarps engineered to reduce or eliminate wear and tear on sports field turf. Tarps Now custom manufactures huge unobtrusive sheets of industrial grade protective fabric coverings that come in a number of different weights, fabric types, colors and custom printing options that are engineered specific to the needs... read more
DuraEdge Products hired Luke Yoder as the company’s senior vice president of business development for the newly formed Southeast sales region. Currently based in South Carolina, Yoder has been a member of the Sports Turf Industry for more than two decades. After graduating from Clemson University with a degree in Turf Science, Yoder went on to have a distinguished career... read more
