road to the world cup

Special event security planning

July 26, 2017

Peter D. Yachmetz, a retired agent and 29-year FBI veteran with both private and corporate sector security experience, wrote the following and we found it on Katie McIntyre’s Sports Venue Business blog: During my career with the FBI, I received...

More students studying sports as academic subject

May 16, 2017

As educators readied a Penn State lecture hall for last month’s Sports Ethics Conference, marketing students half a campus away were scrutinizing Pittsburgh Pirates’ customer data, an agricultural class was testing NFL field surfaces, and a kinesiology department lecture focused...

The Great Turf Debate—25 years ago

January 23, 2017

Tough Turf by Mike McGraw The invention of synthetic turf in the early 1960s has had a tremendous impact on the way in which sports and recreational activities are conducted and viewed. But while synthetic turf has proven itself as...

Opinion: driverless cars could be NFL game-changer

September 29, 2016

Television ratings are down in the NFL, and though it won’t affect the league’s revenue – the existing deals the league has with the networks are set through 2022 – officials are concerned about the slight decreases across the board....

Good article on English Premier League groundsmen

July 19, 2016

Every football tournament has the occasional glitch. For Euro 2016, the poor quality of the pitches, especially in Lille, Marseille and Saint-Denis, has been a thorn in the side of the organisers. France manager Didier Deschamps was among the most...

Sports turf management part of GIE+EXPO 2016

July 5, 2016

Sports turf professionals will have new education opportunities at GIE+EXPO 2016 (Green Industry & Equipment Expo). The Golf and Sports Turf Management Conference, hosted by the Kentucky Turfgrass Council, will take place Thursday and Friday, October 20-21 at the Kentucky...

So Conference clubs have vetoed a comeback for synthetic turf! I’m bemused.

March 27, 2014

By Dan Black. Maybe I'm missing something here - perhaps my understanding of the subject is flawed - but surely all indicators point to artificial surfaces being supremely beneficial for lower league set-ups. Such pitches were outlawed from English professional football in 1995 after QPR (Loftus Road), Luton Town (Kenilworth Road), Oldham Athletic (Boundary Park) and Preston North End (Deepdale) experimented with the eventually derided "plastic pitches" in the 1980s.

Online STMA Exhibitor List

January 20, 2014

Here is a list of preferred companies who will be exhibiting at the Sports Turf Managers Association's 25th anniversary Conference & Exhibition, January 23-24, in San Antonio, with links to their websites and/or specific products that will be on display:

Atlanta Braves to build new stadium to open 2017

December 2, 2013

The Atlanta Braves organization will not extend its lease at Turner Field upon its expiration at the end of 2016. Instead it is working with Cobb County leaders to build a new stadium and integrated mixed-use development. The Braves has secured a large tract of property at the northwest intersection of I-75 and I-285.

Turf farmers’ advice on choosing and successfully managing thick-cut sod

March 19, 2013

In this article we get feedback from turf farmers on two questions: What factors should be considered when a sports turf customer is deciding between thick-cut v. regular-cut sod? What are the most important things turf managers need to do, for both thick-cut and regular-cut, after a sod installation to assure a successful outcome?