Texans Switching to Field Turf

State of the art tufting is hilarious. They have probably the oldest plant and the oldest machines in the industry in Dalton,GA. I spent a lot of time in their plant and have been hunting with the president of AstroTurf. The GameDay system is ok. I wasn't a big fan of thatch for sports because of the difficulty in installing and not being able to get enough rubber infill in. I'm sure they'll get it looking good for Sunday, though. The installers they're likely using are good at what they do.

 

You're banging your head against a brick wall, bud.

 

Here is a pic of the field being laid down:

Big Pic:

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Then I found this:



Will it look similar to this?

 

Here is a pic of the field being laid down:

Big Pic:

Spoiler

Then I found this:



Will it look similar to this?

 

Well, yeah, they're using the same field they used for HS/College (at least according to Astroturf), but that's an old pic. Notice the old video board.

 

Ah, I see it is an older pic. I was just wondering if this it what we see Sunday will look like the fields in these pics.

 

Probably. Like I said, according to Astroturf:

http://www.astroturf.com/texans-on-astroturf/

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A photo of courtesy of AstroTurf of NRG Stadium's conversion to the field the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texans?src=hash">#Texans</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Buccaneers?src=hash">#Buccaneers</a> will use Sunday: <a href="http://t.co/FHgszRoevo">pic.twitter.com/FHgszRoevo</a></p>&mdash; Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli) <a href="https://twitter.com/taniaganguli/status/647505419305381888">September 25, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Some artificial turf looks better than others. I don't like it when it looks shiney.

 

Clowney's Instagram has some pictures of him on the field, a fairly close view of it. Not sure how to post it, to be honest.


It looks good though.

 

Finished Product:

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Looks like the Ram's, and Viking's style turf.

 

Yep. I was hoping for more of the NO, ATL, or Baltimore look. But oh well.

Still looks good.

 

close up I came across

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Texans' new turf <a href="http://t.co/rHGA6obvkC" title="http://twitter.com/JaysonBraddock/status/648142144088076288/photo/1" data-extended="[&quot;http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CP6p1oUVAAA5F0U.jpg&quot;,&quot;http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CP6p1zhUkAAI4ca.jpg&quot;,&quot;http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CP6p18tUsAA3YmB.jpg&quot;,&quot;http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CP6p2EWUkAAGdOA.jpg&quot;]">pic.twitter.com/rHGA6obvkC</a></p>&mdash; Jayson Braddock (@JaysonBraddock) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaysonBraddock/status/648142144088076288" data-datetime="2015-09-27T14:28:23+00:00">September 27, 2015</a></blockquote>
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It's funny how they're trying to keep parts of it a slightly different color (ala the trays). Maybe it's just the lighting?!?

 

I think its a combination of factors.

Doesn't look as "vibrant" as some of the other field-turf fields... but as long as nobody gets injured (and the Texans take care of business), it should all work out.

 

It look OK.

 

I was kind of being facetious. It doesn't look as vibrant as others, and you're right about a combination of factors.

I honestly don't care what it looks like so much. It'll be better than the real stuff was.

 

wrong thread

 

It's the direction the blades are laying in and the reflection off of them. On field level, it looks completely different. Most of the yarns being used today are designed to minimize reflection (the wet look). They are dulled and it depends on the color combination they use in how bright it looks. There are different variations of green that they use to get a more realistic grass look.