High school athletes in Park Ridge, New Jersey will have the opportunity to play soccer and football on a new artificial grass sports field, NorthJersey.com reported. Approved by Park Ridge voters by a vote of 1,271 to 649, the proposal includes remodeling the high school sports field as

Nov 29, 2012· Rockville High School in Rockville, Connecticut is set to receive outdoor artificial turf, the VernonPatch.com reported. According to the article, the school principal Eric Baim agreed that the synthetic turf installation would add “practical — and marquee — value” to the stadium field.

Oct 30, 2020· Rolls of artificial turf is stacked up around the new field installation projects at Union High School, Oct. 27, 2020. Tim Martinez/The Columbian Photo Gallery

Mar 28, 2014· Carmel High School in Carmel, Illinois will be receiving a new synthetic turf grass field on three athletic fields at the high school, reports Current in Carmel. According to the article, the $1.9 million contract will include two practice fields and a soccer field. The project is expected to be completed in June.

Oct 30, 2020· Rolls of artificial turf is stacked up around the new field installation projects at Union High School, Oct. 27, 2020. Tim Martinez/The Columbian Photo Gallery

Depending on the specific type of artificial turf, the size of the field and other factors such as drainage needs, an artificial turf field could cost anywhere from $400,000 to $1 million to install. That’s an awful lot of money for any level sports program, but especially for a high school.

Oct 30, 2020· Four Kanawha County high school football fields are set to receive artificial turf before they kick off their 2020 seasons — St. Albans, South Charleston, Nitro

Nov 05, 2020· GCPS plans to transition 12 other high school stadiums to artificial turf in future years, in addition to installing the surface at a 13th school, the new Seckinger High School slated

Sep 09, 2019· Before a packed Ross High School stadium Friday, the football team played on an artificial turf field as this rural community celebrated a new era in the school district’s sports history.

May 05, 2020· Warren Central High School might receive a new artificial turf, multi-use sports field in planned renovations to Warren County Public Schools’ oldest high school campus.

North East high school becomes the third high school in the county to replace its grass football field with a turf surface. The fourth and oldest artificial surface is at Calvert Regional Park.

Many factors impact the capacity of a sports field to handle high usage including: the soil type, grass species, weather conditions, kind of sport, amount of usage, management program, etc. Most school sports fields are also used for gym class, band practice

May 08, 2017· Artificial turf was added in a poor-drainage area behind the high school for a field where Sweet Home now plays football, soccer, lacrosse and field

Despite initial plans to give southeast Bend’s new high school a grass field stadium for football, soccer, lacrosse and more, the soon-to-be-built campus will have an artificial turf field instead.

Sports Turf Managers Association – Resources that Help to Achieve Goals for Natural Grass Sports Fields; Benefits of Natural Grass Athletic Fields; PowerPoint Presentation – Benefits of Natural Grass Athletic Fields – Customizable for presenting to PTAs, parent groups, school boards, park boards, etc.

For the first time in GHSA history, most Georgia high school football teams will be playing home games on artificial turf this season — about 215 of the 422 in the GHSA, according to GHSF Daily...

Currently, our middle and high school grass practice fields are so overused, they can no longer be maintained for student safety. Thanks to the generous support of LPS voters, at least one grass field at each of our three neighborhood high schools and four neighborhood middle schools will be replaced with durable and safe turf practice/playing fields.

Aug 26, 2019· The benefits and risks associated with natural grass and artificial turf playing fields have been the subjects of multiple studies. But few have examined the safety of these surfaces in high school sports — and none have examined the risks in high school sports beyond football. James Voos, MD