When the national news covered Hurricane Irma the main focus was on the state of Florida. The brutality of the storm decreased to a tropical depression when it approached Georgia, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t leave destruction in its wake in the Peach State. Tony Strickland, CSFM, president of Athletic Construction Inc., Oakwood, Ga., has temporarily shut down his business... read more
Mercedes-Benz Stadium will open its doors to the public for the first time Aug. 26, and boy, are fans going to see a show. And not just the game on the field. While the focus will be on the matchup between the Falcons and the Arizona Cardinals for Atlanta’s preseason home opener, fans will finally get to step foot in... read more
Eleazar Lua has a rare skill: he can tell the subtle difference between a slow croquet court and a fast one. The supervisor of sports fields at Mission Hills CC in Rancho Mirage, Calif., Lua has been monitoring the numerous croquet courts, tennis courts and horseshoes pits at Mission Hills for the last 13 years. He first started working at... read more
Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) named Andrew Marking the winner of its “Stars and Stripes” mowing pattern contest. ICYMI: @MarkoftheKing25, Head Groundskeeper at the @QCRiverBandits, won the 2nd annual #StarsandStripes Contest! #TurfExpert #SportsTurf pic.twitter.com/m9Ic1dhVkr — STMA (@FieldExperts) July 19, 2017 Marking is head groundskeeper for the Quad Cities River Bandits, in Davenport, Iowa, the Class-A affiliate of the Houston Astros.... read more
MLB partnered with BrightView, a national landscape services and snow removal company, to renovate Bowman Field, the second oldest minor league ballpark in the U.S., in preparation to host the MLB Little League Classic Game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals Aug. 20, during the Little League World Series. BrightView Design Group designed the new field, and BrightView’s... read more
