The old turf is coming up

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The old turf is coming up

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And with it, the Star V. :cry:

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So we spent all that money to put in this turf to help prevent injury and reduce yard maintenance. Now we are spending all this money to go back to natural grass. Seems a waste.
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Heavy maintenance with grass.....not good on rainy days or rainy days during the week of......
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commadore wrote: Sun Aug 07, 2022 6:56 pm So we spent all that money to put in this turf to help prevent injury and reduce yard maintenance. Now we are spending all this money to go back to natural grass. Seems a waste.
I think they're replacing the artificial turf with new turf, not grass.
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Had to do it to get the new logo. :(
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How old was the turf?
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dcdore wrote: Sun Aug 07, 2022 7:57 pm How old was the turf?
It was installed in summer 2012.
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3rdFloorDyer wrote: Sun Aug 07, 2022 7:44 pm Had to do it to get the new logo. :(
they could have just replaced the logo area if the whole field were newer...if it's the original from 2012 it was time to swap it out, the technology for that stuff gets better every couple of years.
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2012? I'm clearly old. In my head we replaced that stuff like 2 or 3 years ago.
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AuricGoldfinger wrote: Sun Aug 07, 2022 8:08 pm
dcdore wrote: Sun Aug 07, 2022 7:57 pm How old was the turf?
It was installed in summer 2012.
It would have been nice to have enjoyed another U2 concert at the stadium before switching it out. ;) (Though the U2 concert was in 2011 - does that mean it was replaced 2x in 2 years?)
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dorepleganger wrote: Mon Aug 08, 2022 9:42 am
AuricGoldfinger wrote: Sun Aug 07, 2022 8:08 pm
dcdore wrote: Sun Aug 07, 2022 7:57 pm How old was the turf?
It was installed in summer 2012.
It would have been nice to have enjoyed another U2 concert at the stadium before switching it out. ;) (Though the U2 concert was in 2011 - does that mean it was replaced 2x in 2 years?)
Correct! James Franklin wanted turf because he thought it was faster.
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