Crews Transform Comerica Park Into Soccer Stadium
DETROIT - Comerica Park underwent surgery Monday as crews fixed and modified the sod on the field to accommodate a major soccer exhibition match. About 40 percent of the field needed to be replaced after the outfield grass was torn up during a Metallica concert and...
Tigers’ Home Hosts International Soccer Game
DETROIT -- Comerica Park underwent quite a transformation over the past week, from a concert venue to a baseball stadium to a soccer pitch. In its latest form, the park hosted a 2-1 win (penalty kicks) for Paris Saint-Germain over AS Roma in an exhibition game...
Crew Transforms Comerica Park Into Soccer Pitch
A week after hosting a Metallica rock concert, Comerica Park is taking on another identity as crews worked Tuesday to patch together a soccer pitch on the ballfield. On Wednesday, the home of the Detroit Tigers will host the International Champions Cup soccer...
Illinois Farmer Finds Niche in Turf Industry
Converting Wrigley Field back to its normal state actually was quite an undertaking for Steve Bush, a Rock Island County Farm Bureau board member, and his company, Bush Sports Turf of Milan. Rock Island County farmer Steve Bush at Wrigley Field's home plate Chicago...
Bush Turf Rebuilds Wrigley Field
The list is lengthy and impressive: Dodger Stadium, Iowa State University's Jack Trice Field, the University of Iowa's Kinnick Stadium, Modern Woodmen Park. But Wrigley Field, Steve Bush said, "is king.'' Mr. Bush, owner of Bush Sports Turf in Milan, is installing the...
To End This Turf War, Unroll Sod (NY Times)
FIFA doesn’t want to talk about installing grass for next summer’s Women’s World Cup in Canada. The Canadian Soccer Association doesn’t want to talk about it, either. Trey Rogers? He’s happy to talk about it. Rogers, a professor of turf grass management at Michigan...
Man United/Real Madrid Match at Michigan Stadium Sets 109k+ Attendance Record
Despite only being a preseason friendly, Manchester United's match against Real Madrid at Michigan Stadium drew a sell-out crowd of 109,318 — a new record for a soccer match in the United States. The previous record of 101,799 was set by the 1984 Olympic gold-medal...
Douglas Park Coming Back to Life
Rock Island's Douglas Park has a one-of-a-kind sports history. The first Iowa-Illinois college football game was played there. So was the first NFL game — between the Rock Island Independents and St. Paul Ideals. In the 1960s, the popular World Fast-Pitch Softball...
Insider look at New Surface at Busch Stadium in St. Louis
By Steve Bush, CSFM It seems every other day there’s a newer version of technology available or another update to download: phones, computers, cars. We update and upgrade so constantly without a second thought. But what about sports fields? Aren’t those “one &...