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Care in selection of the material used in the stadium is essential. Astroturf has been proved to be a dangerous playing surface, causing a greater number of injuries for players than real grass. The newly designed Fieldturf, a synthetic that models the mobility of real grass, has been laid in many professional and college stadiums—for the sake of year-round use, it is an appropriately safe grass-alternative. But while the weather holds up during the season, real grass provides an authenticity that no fiber can match...
...field market. Many athletes, particularly American football players, disliked the stuff. The fields were laid over concrete and had a texture like sandpaper. Players blamed the carpet for causing knee and toe injuries because the surface had no "give," although studies on injury rates were inconclusive. But in 1999 FieldTurf, based in Montreal, began mass-producing a new surface whose composition better imitates the real thing, with more resistance to wear and tear. The longer, grasslike fibers, made of a polyethylene blend, give it a more natural look and feel, while the blend of sand and rubber particles - recycled from...
...Though FieldTurf and similar new surfaces have been around for several years, they are finally taking off, driven by growing acceptance among serious athletes and a rise in sports participation by kids of baby boomers. Almost 200 synthetic fields will be laid in the U.S. alone this year, compared with fewer than 50 in 1999. Public schools and parks in Europe and the U.S. now use the new synthetic surface, as do top European soccer teams such as Britain's Manchester United. The Motor City Bowl in Detroit and the Seattle Bowl were played on the synthetic grass this year...
When the school received extra money for playing fields last summer, it decided to try an artificial turf, even though it would cost more than $700,000. The new surface is not classic AstroTurf, which many players consider hard and abrasive, but a softer, shaggier material called FieldTurf, made of sand, recycled rubber sneakers and blades of grass fashioned from synthetic fiber. Pleased with the feel and durability of its new field, Claremont High this season was host to its first home football games in a half-century...
...They just laid [the FieldTurf] down, is what I hear," Lilly said. "Ideally you always want to play on grass, but the FieldTurf they're going to have-we've practiced on the same thing, and it's great. It's really soft, just like grass...