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
With the debut of Major League Soccer in Minnesota, Minnesota United has selected Bloomington-based Toro as the official partner of turf equipment and irrigation. The multi-year agreement, in partnership with Toro distributor MTI Distributing, builds on a relationship that began in 2015. “As we began to consider plans for the care and maintenance of both the grass on the pitch... read more
The new stadium that is being built for the Rams and Chargers in Inglewood, Calif., will be delayed almost a year, to the start of the 2020 NFL season. Developers, who broke ground on the project in November 2016, blamed the postponement on record rainfall during the excavation phase of construction, according to an article from the Los Angeles Times.... read more
The US Soccer Foundation chose Brock USA as its exclusive shock pad provider for synthetic fields in the Safe Places to Play Program. The program provides grants for underserved communities to update unsafe play spaces to state-of-the-art soccer fields. With the involvement of Brock and AstroTurf, the national program will provide grants three times a year to under-served communities to... read more
In a better world sports field managers would have a robot bring them a drink and then paint all of the lines of any sports field you can think of without assistance. Well, for those turf professionals willing to make the investment there’s a machine that is on its way to doing one of those things. Bad news, they’re still... read more
