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13 unusual facts about astroturf


1990 Washington Huskies football team

In the third game #5 USC entered Husky Stadium as a double-digit favorite, but was shut out 31–0 on a hot 93°F afternoon on the Seattle AstroTurf.

1994 Boise State Broncos football team

The 1994 season is known by BSU fans as The Magic Carpet Ride, as the Broncos won all ten home games on the blue AstroTurf of Bronco Stadium.

Antony de Ávila

With the club playing on AstroTurf for parts of the season, El Pitufo was surprisingly adept at what was called "ping-pong soccer".

Charger Stadium

In 2011 the field underwent a major renovation, they removed the former Bermuda Grass surface and replaced it with AstroTurf GameDay Grass XPe.

Easington Academy

There is a sports hall, dance studio, an AstroTurf football pitch, a M.U.G.A. (multi-use games area), a cricket pitch, athletics field and four full size football pitches.

George Pindar School

The school has an AstroTurf pitch: an all weather court the size of a football pitch with dug outs and storage space.

Holt Arena

After 41 football seasons on AstroTurf, infilled synthetic turf was installed in Holt Arena in July 2011.

Hutton Cranswick

The village has its own sports area with football pitches, AstroTurf football and tennis courts, grass and hard tennis courts, and a social hall on Rotsea Lane.

Kings International College

Sport is further catered for with a swimming pool, an AstroTurf and a newly regenerated sports hall complex on site.

Tennis court

Grass courts are the fastest type of courts in common use (AstroTurf is faster but is primarily used only for personal courts).

Todd Graham

At Rice, athletic director Chris Del Conte helped Graham raise $5.5 million for renovating Rice Stadium and replacing the dated AstroTurf with FieldTurf.

Welshpool High School

Welshpool High School has an Astro Turf pitch used throughout the year for sporting events.

West Monmouth School

West Mon is the only school in Torfaen to have an AstroTurf football pitch which comes complete with floodlights.


1980 Philadelphia Eagles season

Played at Giants Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 57F degrees with a 16 MPH wind

BIPAC

BIPAC's affiliated state deployment partners (those who officially host the Prosperity Project grassroots initiative in each state) include affiliates of the National Association of Manufacturers and more than twenty state Chambers of Commerce.

Darsley Park

Next to it is the indoor pitch, a full-size pitch with a rubber-based astroturf, called FieldTurf, shielded from the elements by a tough canvas covering.

Husky Ballpark

In the pre-season of January and February, the Huskies normally did not practice on the field, but on the AstroTurf of Husky Stadium.

Ivor Wynne Stadium

The stadium was renovated again after the 2002 football season and had a new second-generation AstroTurf playing surface installed.

Morden Park

In 2008, Merton Council proposed allowing Goals Soccer Centres, to build 10 five-a-side football pitches, 4 seven-a-side football pitches, 1 full-size football pitch, 2 multi-sport areas, and 2 full-size football pitches (with all bar the latter using astroturf, floodlighting and be available for a fee), a car park (with a capacity for up to 99 cars) and a clubhouse with a licensed bar on part of the park.

Royal Grammar School, Guildford

There is a single AstroTurf located on the main school site, however the majority of hockey takes place at Guildford Hockey Club, located at Broadwater School in Farncombe or Surrey Sports Park.

Telus Field

surface = FieldTurf (infield) 2005 to present
Astroturf (infield) 1995 to 2004

Telus Field uses natural grass in the outfield and FieldTurf in the infield; originally AstroTurf was used but it was replaced in 2005 with the more modern type of turf, FieldTurf.