List of AstroTurf installations in the USA
Encyclopedia
The following stadium
s employ an AstroTurf
brand playing surface.
(See Artificial turf
for information on other brands):
Practice Facilities
Practice Facilities
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
s employ an AstroTurf
AstroTurf
AstroTurf is a brand of artificial turf. Although the term is a registered trademark, it is sometimes used as a generic description of any kind of artificial turf. The original AstroTurf product was a short pile synthetic turf while the current products incorporate modern features such as...
brand playing surface.
(See Artificial turf
Artificial turf
Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...
for information on other brands):
Canadian Football League
- Hamilton Tiger-CatsHamilton Tiger-CatsThe Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...
, Ivor Wynne StadiumIvor Wynne StadiumIvor Wynne Stadium is a Canadian football stadium located at the corner of Balsam and Beechwood Avenues, two blocks west of Gage Avenue North in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada...
, Gameday Grass - Winnipeg Blue BombersWinnipeg Blue BombersThe Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded...
, Canad Inns StadiumCanad Inns StadiumCanad Inns Stadium is a Canadian football stadium located north of Polo Park Shopping Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Stadium, named for hotel chain Canad Inns, and originally completed in 1953, seats 29,533 for football...
, Gameday Grass - BC LionsBC LionsThe BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...
, Empire FieldEmpire FieldEmpire Field was a temporary outdoor football and soccer stadium built at the former location of Empire Stadium at Hastings Park in Vancouver, British Columbia. It served as the home of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League from the summer of 2010 until the fall of 2011 when the installation...
Gameday Grass
Major League Baseball
- Detroit TigersDetroit TigersThe Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...
, Comerica ParkComerica ParkComerica Park is an open-air ballpark located in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It serves as the home of the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball's American League, replacing historic Tiger Stadium in 2000....
Bull Pen, AstroTurf GameDay Grass XPe installed in 2005 - Toronto Blue JaysToronto Blue JaysThe Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball 's American League ....
, Rogers CentreRogers CentreRogers Centre is a multi-purpose stadium, in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated next to the CN Tower, near the shores of Lake Ontario. Opened in 1989, it is home to the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball and the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League...
AstroTurf GameDay Grass XPe installed in 2009 - Tampa Bay RaysTampa Bay RaysThe Tampa Bay Rays are a Major League Baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rays are a member of the Eastern Division of MLB's American League. Since their inception in , the club has played at Tropicana Field...
, Tropicana FieldTropicana FieldTropicana Field is a domed stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida, which has been the home of Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays since the team's inaugural season in 1998, when they were the Devil Rays. It has also served as the host stadium for the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, an NCAA-sanctioned college...
AstoTurf GameDay Grass 3D60H installed in 2011
National Football League
- Buffalo BillsBuffalo BillsThe Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
, Ralph Wilson StadiumRalph Wilson StadiumRalph Wilson Stadium is a football stadium, located in the town of Orchard Park, a suburb of Buffalo, New York. It is the home for the Buffalo Bills, of the NFL...
, AstroTurf GameDay Grass installed in 2002 - St.Louis Rams, Edward Jones DomeEdward Jones DomeThe Edward Jones Dome The Edward Jones Dome The Edward Jones Dome (more formally known as the Edward Jones Dome at America's Center, and previously known as The Trans World Dome (from 1995–2001) is a multi-purpose stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, and home of the St. Louis Rams of the NFL. It was...
, AstroTurf GameDay Grass 3D installed in 2010
Practice Facilities
United Football League
- Citrus BowlCitrus BowlThe Florida Citrus Bowl is a stadium in Orlando, Florida, USA, built for football, which currently seats around 70,000 people....
Home of the Florida Tuskers GameDay Grass 3D installed in 2010
Practice Facilities
Sports Complexes
- USA Field Hockey Training Site, Virginia Beach, Virginia, AstroTurf 12 installed in 2006
- Athletes in Action Sports Complex, Xenia, OH, AstroTurf GameDay Grass XPe installed in 2006
- All American SportsPlex, Auburn Hills, MI, AstroTurf GameDay Grass XPe installed in 2005
- Ultimate Soccer Arenas indoor facility, Pontiac, MI, GameDay Grass XPe installed in 2007
Colleges & Universities
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
— Named after one of the Institute's legendary coaches, Jack Barry Astro Turf, 100000 square feet (9,290.3 m²), debuted with its new synthetic playing surface during the Fall of 1999. - Drury UniversityDrury UniversityDrury University is a private liberal arts college in Springfield, Missouri.The university enrolls about 1,550 undergraduates, over 2,000 adult part-time undergraduates and around 400 graduate students in six master's programs...
, Harrison Stadium—AstroTurf GameDay Grass installed in 2005 - Florida State UniversityFlorida State UniversityThe Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
Practice Field—AstroTurf GameDay Grass installed in 2005 - Garden City Community College—AstroTurf GameDay Grass installed in 2004
- Michigan State UniversityMichigan State UniversityMichigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
Research Project - Olivet CollegeOlivet CollegeOlivet College is a coeducational, liberal arts college located in Olivet, Michigan, United States, south of Lansing and west of Detroit. It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches, and accredited by the North Central...
—AstroTurf GameDay Grass installed in 2004 - University of South CarolinaUniversity of South CarolinaThe University of South Carolina is a public, co-educational research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with 7 surrounding satellite campuses. Its historic campus covers over in downtown Columbia not far from the South Carolina State House...
, Practice Field—AstroTurf GameDay Grass installed in 2004 - University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaUniversity of Tennessee at ChattanoogaThe University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is a public university located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The University, often referred to as UTC or simply "Chattanooga" , is one of three universities and two other affiliated institutions in the University of Tennessee System; the others being in...
, Finley Stadium Davenport Field—AstroTurf GameDay Grass installed in 2005 - University of Central OklahomaUniversity of Central OklahomaThe University of Central Oklahoma, often referred to as UCO, is a coeducational public university located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The university is the third largest in Oklahoma, with almost 18,000 students and approximately 434 full-time and 400 adjunct faculty...
, Wantland StadiumWantland StadiumThe Wantland Stadium is home to the University of Central Oklahoma, American football team. It has a 10,000 seat capacity. Wantland Stadium underwent a dramatic facelift in the summer of 2005 with the addition of a three-level press box that includes club seating and new stands on both sides of... - University of Hawaii at ManoaUniversity of Hawaii at ManoaThe University of Hawaii at Mānoa is a public, co-educational university and is the flagship campus of the greater University of Hawaii system...
- College of William and MaryCollege of William and MaryThe College of William & Mary in Virginia is a public research university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States...
Busch Field, reinstalled AstroTurf 12 summer 2009 - Old Dominion UniversityOld Dominion UniversityOld Dominion University is a state university located in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...
, Foreman Field at S. B. Ballard StadiumForeman FieldForeman Field at S. B. Ballard Stadium is a 19,818-seat multi-purpose stadium on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. It opened in 1936 with a football game between the University of Virginia and the College of William & Mary's Norfolk Division...
GameDay Grass 3D installed in 2005 - Citrus BowlCitrus BowlThe Florida Citrus Bowl is a stadium in Orlando, Florida, USA, built for football, which currently seats around 70,000 people....
GameDay Grass in 2010, Home of The Capital One BowlCapital One BowlThe Capital One Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played in Orlando, Florida at the Citrus Bowl, and previously known as the Tangerine Bowl and the Florida Citrus Bowl...
and The Champs Sports BowlChamps Sports BowlThe Champs Sports Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that is played in Orlando, Florida, at the Citrus Bowl. The bowl is operated by Florida Citrus Sports, a non-profit group which also organizes the Capital One Bowl and Florida Classic...
among events hosted. - Kansas State UniversityKansas State UniversityKansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...
, Bill Snyder Family Football StadiumBill Snyder Family Football StadiumBill Snyder Family Football Stadium is a stadium in Manhattan, Kansas. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Kansas State University Wildcats football team. It is named after head coach Bill Snyder and his family...
(Football) GameDay Grass 3D 60H installed in 2011 - University of KansasUniversity of KansasThe University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...
, Hoglund BallparkHoglund BallparkHoglund Ballpark is a baseball stadium in Lawrence, Kansas. It is the home field of the University of Kansas Jayhawks college baseball team. The stadium holds 2,500 people and opened for baseball in 1958. It is named after former Jayhawk baseball shortstop Forrest Hoglund.Following the 2010...
(baseball) GameDay Grass 3D installed in 2010 - Lewis & Clark CollegeLewis & Clark CollegeLewis & Clark College is a private institution of higher learning located in Portland, Oregon. Made up of an undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences, a School of Law, and a Graduate School of Education and Counseling. Lewis & Clark is a member of the Annapolis Group of colleges with athletic...
, Fred Wilson Field GameDay Grass 3D installed in 2010 - Providence CollegeProvidence CollegeProvidence College is a private, coeducational, Catholic university located about two miles west of downtown Providence, Rhode Island, United States, the state's capital city. With a 2010–2011 enrollment of 3,850 undergraduate students and 735 graduate students, the College specializes in academic...
, Friar Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex GameDay Grass - University of CincinnatiUniversity of CincinnatiThe University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
, Jefferson Avenue Sports complex GameDay Grass 3D installed in 2010
High schools
- Lincoln High School/Drew Middle School Lincoln ALLincoln, AlabamaLincoln is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 4,577. It was named for Major General Benjamin Lincoln, who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary War.-Geography:...
- Albemarle High School, Charlottesville, VA
- Bishop Foley Catholic High SchoolBishop Foley Catholic High SchoolBishop Foley Catholic High School is a co-educational Catholic high school affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit. Founded in 1965, it is named for the first American Bishop of Detroit, John Samuel Foley. It is located in Madison Heights, Michigan and has an enrollment of 400...
, Madison Heights, Michigan - James Logan High SchoolJames Logan High SchoolJames Logan High School is a public secondary school in Union City, California, United States. The school is administrated by the New Haven Unified School District and has an enrollment of more than 4000 students.-Demographics:...
, Union City, California - Gordano Secondary School, Portishead, Bristol
- De La Salle High SchoolDe La Salle High School (Concord, California)De La Salle High School is a Roman Catholic Private school for boys in Concord, California, United States. Located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland, the school was founded in 1965 as a Lasallian institution. De La Salle currently enrolls just over 1,000 students, and roughly 99% of each...
, Concord, California - Calabasas High SchoolCalabasas High SchoolCalabasas High School is a four-year high school in Calabasas, California, United States.Calabasas High School, which serves Calabasas,and portions of West Hills, Los Angeles, California is one of three high schools in the Las Virgenes Unified School District Calabasas High School is a four-year...
, Los Angeles, California - Castro Valley High SchoolCastro Valley High SchoolCastro Valley High School is a comprehensive public high school for grades 9 to 12 and is located in the unincorporated suburban community of Castro Valley, California, U.S. Named a National Exemplary School in 1984-85 and 1988–89, it was a California Distinguished School in 1987-88 and 2000-01...
, Castro Valley, California - Norman High SchoolNorman High SchoolNorman High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Norman, Oklahoma with a steady enrollment of 1,945 students. It is accredited by North Central Association, the Oklahoma State Department of Education and the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association...
, Norman, Oklahoma - Norman North High SchoolNorman North High SchoolNorman North High School is a public, co-educational secondary school in Norman, Oklahoma. It was established on August 21, 1997, on the grounds of what had been Longfellow Middle School since 1972.-Name and Origin:...
, Norman, Oklahoma - Liverpool High SchoolLiverpool High SchoolLiverpool High School is a comprehensive New York public high school located on Wetzel Road in the village of Liverpool, northwest of the city of Syracuse in the Liverpool Central School District, serving ninth to twelfth grade students...
, Liverpool, New York - North Hagerstown High SchoolNorth Hagerstown High SchoolNorth Hagerstown High School is located at 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States. The current principal is Valerie Novak, a former principal of Northern Middle School. The school's colors are red, white, and black. The school is part of the Washington County Public...
, Hagerstown, Maryland - Chippewa Valley High School, Clinton Township, Michigan
- Brother Rice High SchoolBrother Rice High School (Michigan)Brother Rice High School is a Roman Catholic all-boys non-residential college prep school with approximately 700 students located in Bloomfield Township, Michigan . Until 1993 its address was in neighboring Birmingham, Michigan's postal district. In 1993 the U.S...
, Fracassa Field, Bloomsfield Township, MI - Davenport Assumption High School, Davenport, Iowa (shares Brady Street Stadium with the Davenport High Schools)
- Davenport Central High SchoolDavenport Central High SchoolDavenport Central High School is a four-year comprehensive high school located in Davenport, Iowa. Opened in 1907 as "Davenport High School," Central is one of three public high schools part of the Davenport Community School District. The school, whose western side is located along U.S...
, Davenport, Iowa (shares Brady Street Stadium with the Davenport Schools and Davenport Assumption Catholic) - Davenport North High SchoolDavenport North High SchoolDavenport North High School is a high school built in the northern area of Davenport, Iowa. North High School was established in 1985 in the building that was formerly Wood Junior High....
, Davenport, Iowa (shares Brady Street Stadium with the Davenport Schools and Davenport Assumption Catholic) - Davenport West High School, Davenport, Iowa (shares Brady Street Stadium with the Davenport Schools and Davenport Assumption Catholic)
- Detroit Central Catholic, Novi, MI
- East Kentwood High SchoolEast Kentwood High SchoolEast Kentwood High School is a public high school located just outside the city of Kentwood, Michigan, United States. It is part of the Kentwood Public Schools district, working together with the Crossroads High School, an alternative learning center...
, Kentwood, MI - Ferndale High SchoolFerndale High School (Michigan)Ferndale High School is a public high school in Ferndale, Michigan. It is under the jurisdiction of the Ferndale Public Schools school district...
, Ferndale, MI - Fordson High SchoolFordson High SchoolFordson High School is a secondary school located in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was completed in 1928 on a parcel of land which was then the village of Fordson, named for Henry Ford and his son Edsel Ford.-History:...
, Dearborn, MIDearborn, Michigan-Economy:Ford Motor Company has its world headquarters in Dearborn. In addition its Dearborn campus contains many research, testing, finance and some production facilities. Ford Land controls the numerous properties owned by Ford including sales and leasing to unrelated businesses such as the... - Fraser High School
- Hillsboro StadiumHillsboro StadiumHillsboro Stadium in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States is a multi-sport stadium owned by the city of Hillsboro. Opened in 1999, the award winning stadium is part of the Gordon Faber Recreation Complex located in the northeast part of the city adjacent to the Sunset Highway...
, Hillsboro, Oregon - Howell Parker High School
- John Glenn High SchoolJohn Glenn High School (Westland, Michigan)John Glenn High School is a public high school in Westland, Michigan. It is a part of the Wayne-Westland Community Schools district. The school mascot is a rocket.-History:...
, Westland, MI - Lake Orion High SchoolLake Orion High SchoolLake Orion High School is a public secondary institution located in Orion Township, Michigan. It is a part of Lake Orion Community Schools.The large campus features a centralized commons area, which serves as a distribution center to the wings. The commons area features the cafeteria and student...
, Lake Orion, MI - Lake Brantley High SchoolLake Brantley High SchoolLake Brantley High School is located in Altamonte Springs, Florida, an urban community approximately 13 miles north of Orlando, Florida, USA. It is a public high school serving grade levels 9-12 in Seminole County, FL, operated by Seminole County Public Schools...
, Altamonte Springs, FL - Plymouth Education Center
- Raffles InstitutionRaffles InstitutionRaffles Institution , founded in 1823, is the oldest centre for pre-tertiary learning in Singapore. It is an independent school in Singapore providing secondary and pre-university education. RI consists of a boys-only secondary section , and a coeducational pre-university section...
, Singapore - Redford Thurston High School
- Renaissance High School, Detroit, MI
- Rochester Adams High SchoolRochester Adams High SchoolFor schools with similar names, see Adams High School.Rochester Adams High School is a high school located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and is part of the Rochester Community Schools district...
, Rochester, MI - Rochester High School, Rochester, MI
- Rock Island High SchoolRock Island High SchoolRock Island High School, also known as "Rocky", is a public four-year high school located in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. Rocky is within the Rock Island-Milan School District No. 41, and the school colors are crimson and gold.-Technology:...
, Rock Island, ILIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,... - Stoney Creek High SchoolStoney Creek High SchoolStoney Creek High School is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and is part of the Rochester Community Schools.The school mascot is Cosmo the cougar. The school colors are Vegas Gold and Millennium Blue...
, Rochester, MI - Rutgers Preparatory SchoolRutgers Preparatory SchoolRutgers Preparatory School is a private, coeducational, university preparatory day school located in Somerset, New Jersey serving students in Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade...
, Somerset, NJ - Hunterdon Central Regional High SchoolHunterdon Central Regional High SchoolHunterdon Central Regional High School is a comprehensive, regional, four-year public high school, and school district that serves students from five municipalities in east central Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States...
, Flemington, NJ - Troy High SchoolTroy High School (Michigan)This article is about the Troy High School in Troy, Michigan. For other uses, see Troy High School.Troy High School is a public high school in Troy, Michigan. It is attended by approximately 2,000 students serving grades 9-12...
, Troy, MI - Vicksburg High School, Vicksburg, MI
- Walled Lake Western High School, Walled Lake, MI
- Wayne Memorial High School, Wayne, MI
- West Bloomfield High SchoolWest Bloomfield High SchoolWest Bloomfield High School is a public secondary school in West Bloomfield, Michigan. The school is the only public high school in the West Bloomfield School District. The School Enrollment for the 2010-2011 school year is about 1900. West Bloomfield High School was previously located in the...
, West Bloomfield, MI - Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)The Anglo-Chinese School is a Methodist secondary school in Singapore. It is a descendant of a school established in 1886 by Rev William Fitzjames Oldham at 70 Amoy Street, Singapore, and one of a group of educational institutions collectively known as the Anglo-Chinese School...
, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... - Charles F. Brush High SchoolCharles F. Brush High SchoolCharles F. Brush High School is a public high school in Lyndhurst, Ohio. The school is named for Charles F. Brush, the Ohio-born inventor of the arc light, an invention which, until recently, the school's student newspaper was named after....
, Lyhndhurst, Ohio - Shamokin Area High School
- McKinney Boyd High SchoolMcKinney Boyd High SchoolMcKinney Boyd High School is a public secondary school located on North Lake Forest Drive in McKinney, Texas, USA that serves ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth grade students. The class of 2008 was the school's first graduating class...
, McKinney, TX - Victoria School, Singapore
- Cheney Tech Beavers of Manchester, CT installed a 3 million dollar artificial surface complex in 2007
- Norwich Free AcademyNorwich Free AcademyThe Norwich Free Academy founded in 1854 and in operation since 1856, is a high school located in the city of Norwich, Connecticut. The Academy serves as the primary high school for Norwich and the surrounding towns of Canterbury, Bozrah, Voluntown, Sprague, Lisbon, Franklin, Preston andseveral...
, CT - Montville High School, CT
- Columbus East High SchoolColumbus East High SchoolColumbus East High School is one of two high schools in Columbus, Indiana. It was founded in 1972 due to the growing educational demands of the community. As the population of the community rose, Columbus High School could not support all school age students...
, Columbus, IN - Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati, OH GameDay Grass XPe installed in 2006
- McCallie School, Chattanooga,TN
- Urbana High SchoolUrbana High SchoolUrbana High School can refer to several different schools:*Urbana High School *Urbana High School *Urbana High School...
, Urbana, IL