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Definatly wasn't fun to play on Rock Hill's turf field last year, but i must admit it would save some money in the long run since weather cant really effect the field conditions. There's definatly many pro's and con's for them to look at before deciding whether to or not.



I'm not sure there would be any cost savings at all...at the very highest estimate it would cost maybe 25K a year to maintain one HS Stadium field. That includes fertilizer, fungicides, herbicide, over seeding, annual rye, Pre emergents, labor to mow, aerating, lining ect...if it cost 700K to install a turf field you could maintain a natural field for 28 years for the same money or less. I don't know the life expectancy of a turf field but I imagine that after 28 years it would be in pretty ruff shape and in need of repair.

I don't like the idea of turf fields at the HS level.

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