New JTS Lawn

[redrocker]

For those who were cracking on the field at the spring game, have no fear.









Important - Everybody needs to remember that as much as we like seeing progress at JTC, it is still an active construction site and NOBODY should be going into/onto any part of the construction site without proper authorization. It's very important to remember this as any legal or lawsuit issues could cause serious adverse problems for Iowa State and therefore the athletic programs.

 

[tim_redd]

Re: New Lawn

That just looks ...weird...

 

[ISUFan22]

Re: New Lawn

Nice shots!

So is that concrete we're looking at or heavily packed dirt?

 

[redrocker]

Re: New Lawn

Nice shots!

So is that concrete we're looking at or heavily packed dirt?

All Dirt. They are just doing the grading.

 

[keepngoal]

Re: New Lawn

looks like dirt to me... look at how heavy the paint must have been on in the North Endzone... it 'stained' the dirt.

-keep.

 

[Jeremy]

Re: New Lawn

Important - Everybody needs to remember that as much as we like seeing progress at JTC, it is still an active construction site and NOBODY should be going into/onto any part of the construction site without proper authorization. It's very important to remember this as any legal or lawsuit issues could cause serious adverse problems for Iowa State and therefore the athletic programs.

 

[1100011CS]

What do they do with the old sod? It might not be good for the field but I'd think it would be great in my yard. Or is it really that bad?

 

[ISUFan22]

What do they do with the old sod? It might not be good for the field but I'd think it would be great in my yard. Or is it really that bad?

It was really that bad.

 

[isuarch80]

What do they do with the old sod? It might not be good for the field but I'd think it would be great in my yard. Or is it really that bad?

I'm sure it's tilled up somewhere else and left to compost... great fill in soil for somewhere else when needed.
I would've loved the midfield piece though - put that in my front yard to show all these Tx people some true fanhood! :wink:

 

[dunar]

Re: New Lawn

So is that concrete we're looking at or heavily packed dirt?

I got to thinking - before we went back to grass, what was under the artificial turf?

 

[theshadow]

Re: New Lawn

I got to thinking - before we went back to grass, what was under the artificial turf?

Asphalt.

 

[Sousaclone]

That does just look a little weird. They just need to be sure they turned off the sprinklers or they are going to have an absolute mess on their hands one morning

 

[ISUFan22]

That does just look a little weird. They just need to be sure they turned off the sprinklers or they are going to have an absolute mess on their hands one morning

Which is why I asked about the surface.

Mud wrestling!

 

[LindenCy]

That dirt surface is still better than the astroturf of the early 90's.

 

[redrocker]

Re: New Lawn

I got to thinking - before we went back to grass, what was under the artificial turf?

I remember the summer the took out the turf, seeing dump truck after dump truck hauling that stuff to the landfill.

 

[brianhos]

Which is why I asked about the surface.

Mud wrestling!

Next photoshoot?

 

[ISUFan22]

Next photoshoot?

No...the next one is Sunday with - ironically enough - an ISU FB player looking to kick-start a modeling career.

 

[tejasclone]

I'm sure it's tilled up somewhere else and left to compost... great fill in soil for somewhere else when needed.
I would've loved the midfield piece though - put that in my front yard to show all these Tx people some true fanhood! :wink:

Longhorn fans would look at the logo and scratch their heads. Many would not even realize it is a Big 12 team. Outside of Texas A&M and Oklahoma, and at most the rest of the South, many of them have no idea the rest of the conference exists.

 

[superdorf]

Re: New Lawn

looks like dirt to me... look at how heavy the paint must have been on in the North Endzone... it 'stained' the dirt.

-keep.

That is the first thing that I noticed.. never would have guessed that would happen.

 

[clonefromNE]

Yeah on a tour of the sight the other day with Weitz, I took some pictures of them replacing the turf as well. The "stained dirt" was really surprising to me too.