Football/Soccer - Athletic Turf

Act Global reaches 100 FIFA Certified installations

April 1, 2014By AT Staff

Over the last eight years, synthetic turf manufacturer and FIFA preferred producer Act Global has installed 100 FIFA Certified pitches to six continents. The company certified its 100th pitch in early 2014 at Kuala Lumpur Football Association in Malaysia, the same year the business celebrated its 10th anniversary. Certified pitches are based on the FIFA Quality Concept for Football Turf, which provides guidelines for artificial turf.... read more

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11 FIFA World Cup Brazil stadiums to use Rain Bird systems

March 25, 2014By AT Staff

Rain Bird irrigation systems will be used in 11 regional soccer stadiums recently constructed for the the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. The first Brazilian stadium to install a Rain Bird irrigation system was Castelão Stadium, located in the city of Fortaleza, in September of 2012. Over the next 11 months, Rain Bird signed on nine more stadiums. The 11th installation,... read more

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TSG uses 3-D service to design nonprofit’s fields

March 18, 2014By AT Staff

In 2010, a baseball field opened in West Dallas, Texas, called the “Field of Dreams.” Founded by the nonprofit Mercy Street, it has served the community as a place for impoverished kids ages five to 14 to learn baseball and develop life skills from volunteer coaches and staff. Now, Mercy Street had Turf Solutions Group (TSG) design and build two softball fields,... read more

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Synthetic football/soccer field installation timeline

February 14, 2014By AT Staff

A step by step timeline of events of a synthetic football/soccer field installation at Tillamook High School on the coast of Oregon by Pro Turf Solutions. read more

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SporTurf installs synthetic turf athletic field in Tennessee town

January 7, 2014By AT Staff

Farragut, Tenn. opened a new Synthetic Turf Field provided by SporTurf. The town of Farragut hired SporTurf’s dealer PLAYRITE, LLC to install a 71,200 sq. ft. synthetic turf athletic field at Mayor Bob Leonard Park for town residents to play soccer, lacrosse and other sports and games year-round. Tired of natural grass athletic fields that require extensive and expensive maintenance... read more

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