The University of Mississippi Athletics
AstroPlay? - The Revolutionary, State-Of-The-Art Synthetic Playing Surface Quick Facts
AstroPlay? - The Revolutionary, State-Of-The-Art Synthetic Playing Surface Quick Facts
University of Mississippi - Vaught Hemingway Stadium and practice facility
Buffalo Bills, practice facility
University of Kansas - Memorial Stadium
U.S. Military Academy - Michie Stadium
Oklahoma State University- Lewis Field
Boise State University - Bronco Stadium
University of Illinois - Memorial Stadium
April 15, 2003
System Characteristics
- Made of fibrillated polyethylene fibers
- Provides all-weather traction
- Superior wet and dry traction
- Grass-like appearance
- Quick drainage, playable in all weather conditions
- Reduced abrasions to a "grass" level
- Even surface - no dangerous sprinkler heads or gopher holes
- Nylon 6.6 monofilament fiber "RootZone?"
- Provides stability of the infill
- 100% rubber infill
- Avoids compaction
- Provides a safer playing surface than a field filled with rubber and sand
- 19 mm E-Layer? pad (polyurethane shock pad paved-in-place)
- Provides safer playing surface
- Lifespan of up to 20 years
- Basically maintenance free
- Mechanical sweeper to clean debris off the field when needed
- Ride-on broom machine to groom field once per year
Installation examples
AstroPlay? surfaces have been installed at professional and top amateur teams all over the United States. Here are but a few examples of the hundreds of fields installed (see website):