Valley Breeze

Added costs for turf installation due to delays at Burrillville athletic field

BURRILLVILLE – Town Council President Donald Fox says an additional $21,000 in costs to install the synthetic turf field at Burrillville High School is an unfortunate result of a “flawed ...
inforum

Turf wars: More and more high schools are installing artificial turf for their athletic fields. How cost effective is it and how safe is it?

Artificial turf is coming to high schools in the metro area. It's only a matter of time. Fargo Shanley High School is about to begin its 10th year on the turf at Sid Cichy Stadium. Moorhead High ...
inforum

Tackling turf: Turf fields are beneficial to spring sports, but costs and other priorities often outweigh installation

Shanley's Sid Cichy Stadium project, which includes turf, lights, a press box, seating for about 1,500 and a scoreboard, cost about $1.5 million. Nelson said it costs almost nothing to maintain the ...
Star Tribune

Schools' sports turf is artificial, but cost concerns are real

On the last Friday in September, before a capacity crowd, Sauk Centre's football team played on the school's new field -- becoming one of the state's smallest schools to move to artificial turf. "We ...
KTVB

Seeking an upgrade, Nampa high schools install turf fields

High school fields are seeing an upgrade this summer in the Nampa School District, readying them for fall sports. The district’s three high schools are each having turf installed at their stadiums, ...