PRODUCTS & SERVICES SPORTS SURFACES
To host a wide variety of
events without damaging
the turf, a protection tile
system is employed
that “the approach is fundamentally different,”
states TURFalliance CEO, Mark Nicholls.
“The TURFalliance approach is to develop
solutions to change out and store a playing
surface that is proven to optimize
performance and maximize player safety.
Competitors have traditionally taken the
approach of modifying the product, reducing
the performance and player safety, to make it
easier to convert. While a lighter product
does make it easier to convert and store, the
trade-off in performance and player safety is
unacceptable,” Nicholls adds.
The RAP System is a proven conversion
strategy utilized at professional stadia such as
US Bank Stadium, home to the NFL’s
Minnesota Vikings, and MetLife Stadium in
New Jersey, where New York’s Jets and Giants
NFL teams both call home. Elsewhere, at the
newly-constructed Tottenham Hotspur
Stadium, which has the world’s first dual
purpose retractable playing surface, built to
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM
Cost: US$1.027bn (£850m)
Seating: 62,062
132 RAP Panels: 47,002ft² (4,366m²) of RAP
50% Conversion Footprint: Approximately
At 89,667ft² (8,330m²) and featuring a retractable natural grass pitch and
NFL grade synthetic turf surface manufactured by Turf Nation, the Spurs
Stadium is purposefully designed to maximize utilization and drive
revenue. The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium will host its first NFL game
when the Chicago Bears play the Oakland Raiders on 6 October, 2019.
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