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Author(s):Hall, Ron
Author Affiliation:Editor-in-Chief, Athletic Turf
Title:What makes this field so super?: George Toma and a hand-picked crew started preparing the overseeded bermudagrass game field months before the players arrived in Tampa for Super Bowl XXXV
Section:Construction
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Source:Athletic Turf: Maintenance & Technology. Vol. 4, No. 1, January/February 2001, p. 20-21.
Publishing Information:Cleveland, OH: Advanstar Communications, Inc.
# of Pages:2
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Sports turf; Game preparation; Football fields; Turfgrass establishment; Facility profile; Artificial turf; Turf; Aves; Bird control; Seeding
Facility Names:Raymond James Stadium, in Tampa, Florida
Abstract/Contents:Discusses the preparation of the overseeded bermudagrass field for Super Bowl XXXV by George Toma who has been working for the GN-1 bemudagrass field at the Greg Norman Turf Company, Avon Park, FL. Describes the Motz Group that prepares the hybrid bermudagrass growth into sand over a layer of nylon/jute fiber, and installed the Super Bowl playing surface about 70,000 sq. ft. of big-roll sod in two days. Discusses several reasons for installing a hybrid field for football: you can move and install sod grown without it breaking up; it needs the extra stability of the synthetic material; affected by divoting or the disintegration of the sod grown on sand; sharing the field during a season. Also, discusses Toma's attention to practice fields for the NFC and AFC champions.
Language:English
References:0
Note:Includes sidebar, "Sorry fellas, no free meals", p. 20
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ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Hall, R. 2001. What makes this field so super?: George Toma and a hand-picked crew started preparing the overseeded bermudagrass game field months before the players arrived in Tampa for Super Bowl XXXV. Athlet. Turf Maint. Technol. 4(1):p. 20-21.
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