In what has been its busiest year ever for college athletic field projects, St. Louis-based Byrne & Jones Sports has begun its seventh assignment: a synthetic baseball infield for Illinois State University (ISU). Earlier this year, Byrne & Jones completed projects for Iowa State University, University of Missouri-Columbia, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Eastern Illinois University and Southern... read more
The Sports Turf Managers Association’s (STMA’s) 24th Annual Conference and Exhibition will be held Jan. 15-18, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Fla., and will feature increases in all educational offerings made available to attendees. Nearly 1,500 sports turf managers —from high schools and parks districts to Major League Baseball and NFL groundskeepers—will converge on Ocean Center Convention Center for more than... read more
On Oct. 26, University of New Hampshire (UNH) officials agreed to reopen Memorial Field for its varsity teams and their opponents after additional testing showed no measurable levels of lead, and blood tests for members of the field hockey team showed they do not have elevated lead levels. At press time, the field remained closed to everyone else, and the... read more
The Harris County Sports & Convention Corp. (HCSCC) has completed installation of a new, removable AstroTurf system for Reliant Stadium. The new surface will enable Reliant Park to increase the level of event activity, thereby increasing revenue and economic impact through hosting numerous sporting and other events on a world-class playing field without sacrificing its existing natural grass surface. Reliant... read more
By Jim Novak, Turfgrass Producers International When Kirk Hunter, executive director of Turfgrass Producers International (TPI), traveled to Washington in 2009, he met with representatives of the National Coalition to Save Our Mall and a representative of the National Mall Third Century Initiative to discuss the deplorable condition of the turf. TPI wanted an update on what could be done,... read more
