Steve Davis and I chatted withthe grounds keeper at Cotton Bowl right before the season. He stated that the Cotton Bowl had purchased transparent plastic pieces that interlocl and cover the field. The transparent boards keep it from being torn up and allow it to be covered for abuot three weeks without dieing.
there's a grass store in Arlington that Lamar used for the turf in Arrowhead (recently? don't know...) that would be able to give us an amazing turf. i think it might even be better than the Cotton Bowl when it's all said and done.
There is a big sod farm in Granbury that supplies turf for several of the new stadiums being built or have been built recently. So hopefully getting a good field wont be a problem.
Whoever HSG uses I hope is not the same outfit that the Rangers selected. 10 years later and they still don't have it right.
The people I referred to actually did the ballpark. They have had better success with the DR Pepper/7up field.
A good growing medium (dirt) for grass must achieve paradoxical goals. HOLD WATER so it doesn't have to be watered 2x a day in the summer............but also........... DRAIN VERY FAST so cleats don't compact it while it's saturated. A good growing medium (dirt) for plants is said to be 50% geological (sand, clay, etc) and organic (i.e., very decayed leaves) "solid stuff", 25% water, and 25% air. Those percentages might be hard to achieve for turf... ...but the hope is that excess water quickly drains down through the airspaces. The clay fraction of, and the organic material in, the dirt absorb and slow-release water to the grass over a period of days so the grass grows better (than if it were predominately fast-draining sand) and doesn't have to be watered so often, saving labor and water $$$..................relevance: Experts, I'm sure, are all over this, thinking of ways to avoid saturation (keep the airspaces) so that ULHOWA's pitch drains well and earns a rep for standing up to frequent use, (including high school short-attention-span football) and still "playing great". p.s. I wonder where that drainage water drains to ultimately? Seeing as how the pitch is below-grade...hmmm...some place that is downhill from the below-grade pitch...College Station?
kids at Grapevine-Colleyville say that's why they installed FieldTurf at Dragon---to stop the Carroll cheerleaders from grazing at halftime.