Troy Installing New Turf In Veterans Memorial Stadium
By: Josh Rultenberg
Updated: July 5, 2012
From Troy Media Relations:
Troy Installing New Turf in Veterans Memorial Stadium
TROY,
Ala. - Troy University's Veterans Memorial Stadium will have a new
playing surface for the Trojans record six home games this fall,
Director
of Athletics Steve Dennis announced Thursday.
Installation
of the new ProGrass Blend playing surface began on Tuesday with the
removal of the old AstroPlay surface that was installed in 2003. The
installation is expected to take approximately three weeks and will be
completed before football reports for fall camp.
"This
is another project that continues to upgrade our football facilities
and we are excited about future projects that will continue to enhance
Troy
Athletics," Dennis said. "Our fans are in for a treat this season with
the best home schedule in the Sun Belt Conference, a beautiful stadium
to be proud of, and a true college gameday environment. With all six of
our home games being televised this year, the
new turf will undoubtedly enhance Veterans Memorial Stadium to a
national audience."
Veterans
Memorial Stadium will be the third Sun Belt Conference venue to receive
the state-of-the-art playing surface joining Louisiana-Lafayette's
Cajun Field and South Alabama's Ladd-Peebles Stadium. ProGrass installed
its Baseball Blend playing surface at Troy's Riddle-Pace Field prior to
the 2008 season.
For
the first time since moving to the Football Bowl Subdivision in 2001,
Veterans Memorial Stadium will be the site of six home games this
upcoming
season. The schedule includes visits from Mississippi State and Navy,
which are the first-ever Southeastern Conference and Service Academy
schools to play in Troy.
Season
tickets for the 2012 football season are available and can be purchased
by contacting the Troy ticket office at 1-877-878-WINS (9467). Fans
can also purchase mini season ticket packages. The first package
includes the Louisiana-Lafayette, Mississippi State and Western Kentucky
games, while the second package includes the FIU, Navy and Arkansas
State games.
ProGrass
Blend consists of 100 percent polyethylene fibers, that are 50 percent
monofilament and 50 percent parallel slit, that are tufted into a woven
multi-layer backing. The surface will contain a sand and rubber infill
system that consists of 100 percent polyethylene fibers tufted into a
woven primary backing with a secondary backing of polyurethane. The
infill is a homogenous mixture of washed silica
sand and ambient ground recycled crumb rubber.
