When two famed European soccer clubs Real Madrid and Inter Milan visited St. Louis in early August to play an exhibition match at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis nearly 55,000 fans saw a great match. It reportedly was the largest crowd to ever see a soccer match in St. Louis, or for that matter the entire state of... read more
A high school in Ravenna, Ohio, has set itself apart from the rest now that Field Turf has installed blue turf at its newly refurbished football stadium. The color was chosen for Gilchrist Field, which is located inside Portage Community Bank Stadium, because blue is the football team’s primary color. Ravenna school officials had to contact Boise State to secure... read more
Jacobsen, a Textron company, has played a key role in the preparation for Gold Cup quarterfinal soccer matches that were held in Atlanta, Ga., recently. Sports turf contractor Precision Turf installed a temporary natural grass field above the permanent artificial playing surface for the two quarterfinal matches. Precision Turf requested the use of Ransomes Mastiff walk-behind mowers, manufactured by Ransomes... read more
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
