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Georgia wake park installs HydroTurf on banks, shorelines

July 24, 2014By AT Staff

Terminus, a cable-pulled wake park at LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center Complex in Emerson, Ga., installed a HydroTurf system by Watershed Geosynthetics. The synthetic turf system contains HydroBinder, a 5,000 psi cementitious infill, around the banks and shorelines. HydroTurf is a patent-pending revetment system designed for environmental and aesthetic benefits of vegetation as well as the performance and maintenance benefits of hard... read more

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Postal worker revives field where Tiger Stadium once stood

June 25, 2014By Joelle Harms

Mitch Albom’s Heart of Detroit segment for WDIV Detroit covers a story of a man who revived Tiger Stadium, where the Detroit Tigers played until 1999. According to the video, four years ago a postal worker named Tom Derry came by the area where Tiger Stadium once stood to reminisce. The old baseball diamond, overgrown with weeds, inspired him to take matters... read more

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Eastern Michigan football stadium to install gray FieldTurf

June 25, 2014By Joelle Harms

The Eastern Michigan University (EMU) department of athletics plans to install a new, “EMU gray” FieldTurf Revolution surface at Rynearson Stadium, the university’s football stadium. “One of our workouts this winter was in six inches of snow,” says Chris Creighton, EMU’s head football coach. “Throughout the enitre workout we kept talking about [how] we will play anyone, anytime, anywhere. We... read more

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Video: Busch Stadium baseball-to-soccer time lapse

April 29, 2014By AT Staff

Watch Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals, fully transform from baseball diamond to soccer pitch… and back to baseball. read more

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Updates from Kansas State University extension turfgrass specialist

March 21, 2014By AT Staff

Jared Hoyle, Ph.D., Kansas State University (KSU) extension turfgrass specialist, gives Athletic Turf updates on its turf program at the 2014 STMA Conference. The KSU turf team has been painting athletic fields as well as researching wear tolerance and experimental weed control products. read more

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