The new College Football Hall of Fame, opening Aug. 23 in downtown Atlanta, features a 45-yard Sporturf synthetic turf replica football field. “We have worked very hard making sure the best products in the industry have found their way to the College Football Hall of Fame,” says Kevin Barker, vice president of sales and marketing for Controlled Products, Sporturf’s parent company. “The... read more
Nonprofit organization Life Remodeled broke ground on construction of a new football field for Detroit’s Cody High School on July 11. The Detroit Lions will donate goal posts as part of a plan by Life Remodeled to renovate the school and its surrounding neighborhood this summer. The Cody Comets’ former field sat on the same location as the new field until 2006 when vandalism and lack... read more
Members from the New Jersey Landscape Contractors Association (NJLCA) teamed up to renovate the Charles Mastik Memorial Field July 11-12 in Little Ferry, N.J. The community field had not been maintained well and was flooded during Hurricane Sandy. Now, the new field will host the New Jersey Little League State Championship July 23-28. Jeff Ware, volunteer district administrator for the N.J. District 6... read more
Jacobsen‘s products are being used to maintain stadium fields and training facilities at the FIFA World Cup Brazil. The venues using Jacobsen, a Textron Company, equipment include the Arena de Baixada in Curitiba, Arena de Sao Paulo, Arena Pernambuco in Recife—which will host USA’s final Group G game against Germany on June 26—and Estadio Mineirão in Belo Horizonte. The Maracanã stadium in... read more
The Ohio Sports Turf Managers Association (OSTMA) held its annual Summer Field day at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, on June 4. Just before the rain rolled in, Weston Appelfeller–director of grounds for Columbus Crew Stadium–gave OSTMA attendees a tour of the stadium. OSTMA’s sports turf managers and grounds crew members got an inside look at how Appelfeller keeps... read more
