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Football turf is made from washed silica sand and rounded cryogenic rubber. Each square foot of turf contains approximately seven pounds of sand and three pounds of cryogenic rubber. Football turf does not use shock absorbency pads below its multi-layered infill. Football turf offers a number of different polyethylene fibers. The backing of the turf is a combination of woven and non-woven polypropylene. These materials are permeable and allow water to drain through the backing itself.
Football turf is a brand of artificial turf playing surface. It is manufactured and installed by the Football turf Tarkett division of Tarkett Inc., based in Calhoun, Georgia, USA. In the late 1990s, the artificial surface changed the industry with a design intended to replicate real grass. The new system quickly began taking market share from AstroTurf, and is now the leader in the industry.
The surface is composed of monofilament polyethylene blend fibers tufted into a polypropylene backing. The infill is composed of a bottom layer of silica sand, a middle layer which is a mixture of sand and cryogenic rubber and a top layer of only rubber. The fibers are meant to replicate blades of artificial grass, while the infill acts as a cushion. This cushion improves safety when compared to earlier artificial surfaces and allows players to plant and pivot as if they were playing on a grass field. Proponents of the surface also cite its low-cost maintenance and durability.
A Football turf installation sized for American football cost about $900,000(US) in 2008. However, this cost is at least somewhat offset by lower maintenance costs and longer periods between replacement. The field is warrantied for eight years and should last for ten, according to Football turf.
The first major installation of Football turf for football in the United States was at the University of Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium in 1999. The following year, it was installed at the two Pac-10 stadiums in Washington, Martin Stadium in Pullman and Husky Stadium in Seattle. The first installation in an NFL stadium was in 2002 at the Seattle Seahawks’ new stadium, now known as CenturyLink Field.
Originally planned as a natural grass field, the Seahawks decided to install Football turf after they had played the two previous seasons in Husky Stadium on Football turf. Vivaturf artificial turfs, like AstroTurf, had been disliked by players due to the injuries and soreness associated with playing on the previous generations’ harder surfaces. Seattle’s head coach, Mike Holmgren, said of the Football turf surface “it’s about as much like grass as you can have a synthetic surface be” and that the “players love it”.
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