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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Side note - is artificial turf a lot less expensive to maintain than grass? [/quote] Grass on a playing field becomes hard packed mud very quickly. To maintain an impact safe grass field like you see in stadiums is very expensive and flat out does not happen in the real world. I remember when our school had a grass field. We called it the dust bowl. It was as hard as concrete. Back then parents complained about concussions and asthma.[/quote] Huh, interesting. Well, it's hot in DC and only going to get hotter, and it doesn't seem like DGS is able to maintain the artificial turf fields anyway. And I wonder if it's even true that synthetic turf isn't as hard as natural turf? https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/30/sports/football/concussion-report-highlights-field-maintenance.html [/quote] No natural grass field in DC would pass a hardness test. That's one of the ironies of this. [/quote]
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