John Mascaro's Photo Quiz
Answers from page 17
THE YELLOW TURF on part of this soccer stadium is the result of a 3-day Phish
concert over the Labor Day weekend. The day before the show, the rental flooring was delivered so the turf crew could cover the field that night. Once it arrived,
the sports turf manager was informed that 40% of the covering was non-translucent even though 100% clear was ordered. Notice the gray (non-translucent)
flooring on the bottom and the clear (translucent) flooring on the top.
By the time it was delivered, it was too close to show time to make any
changes so they had to install what was delivered. Originally they thought the
biggest issue would be no photosynthesis and yellowing of the plant. Come
to find out it got so hot under the non-translucent flooring, the bluegrass turf
actually experienced severe leaf tip burn on the field where the non-translucent flooring burned and the grass with the extreme heat of the Colorado
sun. The turf actually got so hot that it might have even gone into a midsummer dormancy. Two days after field was uncovered there was a Rapids
home game. Two days after that started a weekend where they hosted
two college soccer games, two lacrosse practices, a lacrosse game
(USA/Canada) and a season ticket holder party on the field. After all the wear, they solid tine aerated, fertilized and tried to let the field recover. ■
Photo submitted by Bret Baird, Head Turf Manager at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Denver,
CO home of the Major League Soccer's Colorado Rapids.
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