Ohio University recently finalized a contract for its third artificial surface this year, all from AstroTurf. The company will provide a field for the new Multipurpose Center to be completed in December, which follows the re-surfacing of Pruitt Field, which is currently underway. Those two projects come on the heels of the new AstroTurf playing surface that was installed at... read more
AstroTurf has announced it provided the new synthetic surface on the football practice field at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. “Here at AstroTurf, our dedication to safety as a vital component of the products we create is unparalleled,” said AstroTurf President Bryan Peeples. “We’re excited to have the Cougars practice on our playing surface.” The 97,000-ft. playing surface... read more
Luke Yoder, director of field operations for the San Diego Padres, looks back at how he got to where he is, and the unique challenges Petco Park provides. It doesn’t feel like 10 years since Luke Yoder arrived at Petco Park, home of Major League Baseball’s San Diego Padres. But the calendar doesn’t lie — it was June of 2003... read more
College football’s second oldest playing field will have a new look by the time the season opener gets underway. The University of Cincinnati is installing new artificial turf on Carson Field in Nippert Stadium. The project, which cost an estimated $600,000, will be completed in time for the Bearcats’s 112th football season and the home opener against Purdue August 31.... read more
Irrigating turfgrasses with recycled water When the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge drafted his poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and penned the line “water, water, everywhere . . . nor any drop to drink,” he certainly wasn’t thinking about watering turfgrass or landscaping, but he could have been. Dr. Ali Harivandi, environmental horticulturist, University of California Cooperative Extension,... read more
