“With the natural grass baseball field it made it very difficult for the team to go out and practice in January and February. We had very poor drainage on the field, which impacted us in March and April. By replacing it with FieldTurf, we're able to get on the field as soon as the kids get back (from vacation) in January. If there is snow on the field we can plow it, which we can't do on a natural grass field.”
John David Wicker, director of event operations, WSU
Tampa Bay Rays - Tropicana Field
Indoor
Baseball
Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
Installed Apr 01, 2000
Contact Rick Nafe: (727) 825-3259
243 Major League Baseball games…football practices…trade shows…marching band competitions…concerts…boat shows and numerous galas and dinner parties have been laid out on Tropicana Field’s FieldTurf since it’s installation in March of 2000…a mere 3 weeks before Opening Day.
We are the only team in Major League Baseball that maintains an artificial surface, a natural turf spring training field and a 5½ field training complex. We are fortunate that our FieldTurf requires so little maintenance that our group of groundskeepers can keep up with the rest.
Most of the above mentioned events occurred on FieldTurf without a covering or floor.
The condition of the turf after three years of heavy use is remarkable. FieldTurf stood by us and pretty much let us have our way with the turf. It was really a great acid test and the results are uncanny.
- Rick Nafe
“It’s a lot easier to field ground balls on FieldTurf than on natural grass. There are just no bad hops (on FieldTurf). The old-school turf was a lot different. The FieldTurf gives you a true bounce."
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