The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) announced its 2014 Field of the Year Award winners. Since 1992, STMA’s Field of the Year Award is given to members who manage baseball, football, soccer, softball or other sporting grounds at the professional, collegiate or schools (K-12), and parks and recreation level. The 2014 winners are listed below. Professional Maryland SoccerPlex Stadium Field (Boyds, Md.);... read more
The Toro Company announced Zachery S. Avers is this year’s winner of the annual Toro Super Bowl Sports Turf Training Program. Avers, a student at Ohio State University (OSU), will assist the grounds crew for NFL’s Super Bowl XLIX at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Since 1967, Toro has partnered with the NFL in providing equipment to prepare the game... read more
The Belleville Township High School District in Belleville, Ill., is unveiling a new football and soccer field this year thanks to a creative way of financing — weaving advertising into the fields’ sidelines. Byrne & Jones Sports will complete the $1.4 million synthetic turf fields. More than one-third of cost is funded by field ads and none of the funding is from property taxes.... read more
Michelin opened a manufacturing plant in Piedmont, S.C., exclusively to produce Michelin X Tweel airless radial tires. The new 135,000 square-foot facility, with a $50 million price tag, is Michelin’s 10th manufacturing facility in South Carolina and the 16th in the U.S. “The Tweel being built here in South Carolina is yet another dramatic example of Michelin’s long-standing commitment to... read more
The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) and Minor League Baseball (MiLB) honored four field managers with the 2014 Sports Turf Manager of the Year award. Since 2004, STMA and MiLB have honored members who manage fields in Triple-A, Double-A, Single-A and Rookie divisions. Three of the four honorees are multi-year winners. Award winners include: Triple-A – Joey Stevenson, Indianapolis Indians (Indianapolis, Ind.) Double-A –... read more
