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One grass pitch with a 3,800-capacity grandstand and floodlighting; Three grass pitches for training purposes; One artificial turf pitch with floodlighting; One artificial turf mini-pitch (40×30 metres) Three support buildings: Entry building (reception, cafeteria, press center and auditorium)
Rather than the traditional choice of grass, Maidstone were the first English team to build a stadium with third generation artificial turf. [4] The reasons for going with the synthetic turf were threefold, the first being to eliminate match postponements caused by waterlogging and freezing conditions, the second so that the pitch can be hired out, bringing in vital funds (around £120,000 to ...
Artificial turf with rubber crumb infill Side view of artificial turf Diagram of the structure of modern artificial turf Artificial turf square mats. Artificial turf is a surface of synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass, used in sports arenas, residential lawns and commercial applications that traditionally use grass.
The quality has advanced so much that many stadiums used by professional and college football teams have decided it is the better option. Artificial turf has come a long way since since it was ...
Hybrid grass or reinforced natural grass is a product created by combining natural lawn grass with reinforcing synthetic fibres.It is used for stadiums [1] and training pitches used for association football, [2] rugby, [3] gridiron football [4] and cricket. [5]
Calling in the Beast. In 2008, two automobile safety experts received an unexpected plea for help. The NFL asked them to take a fresh look at its decades-old artificial turf problem.
Toryglen cost approximately £17 million to build, with funding from Glasgow City Council and sportscotland. It was constructed by CBC [1] and uses turf from Greenfields [2] The centre opened for business in April 2009, with the official opening in August of that year; [3] Scotland's most-capped player Kenny Dalglish was the special guest at ...
The remaining stadiums with artificial turf surfaces are mostly used by teams sharing their venues with other sports, including American football. [3] Pitch sizes range from a width of 70 yards (64 m) used by New York City FC at Yankee Stadium and the Houston Dynamo at Shell Energy Stadium, to 80 yards (73 m) used by the LA Galaxy at Dignity ...