In a luxury box overlooking the still-relatively new artificial turf field at Finley Stadium, complete with its fresh yellow soccer pitch lines, Bryan Peeples talked this week about fake grass, the 50th anniversary of AstroTurf and the World Cup champion, United States women’s national soccer team.
Outside, a dreary gray day refused to relent from dropping buckets on the field.
Peeples, president of Dalton-based AstroTurf, can go into meticulous detail about the engineering behind the state-of-the-art turf products his company produces, like the Astro 3D surface in Finley.
Bryan Peeples, president of AstroTurf, talks about his company’s product at Finley Stadium on Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Gordon Davenport Field at Finley Stadium uses an Astroturf surface. About Astroturf
* Headquarters: Dalton, Ga.* Parent company: Textile Management Associates acquired AstroTurf in 2004* History: In 1966, AstroTurf is installed at the Houston Astrodome indoor stadium. In 1968, AstroTurf opened a manufacturing facility in Dalton, Ga.* Installed turf: More than 160 million square feet worldwide* President: Bryan Peeples* Slogan: “More fiber, Less Fill.”* Web site: www.astroturf.com
This playing service is the second AstroTurf field to be installed at Finley Stadium.Read more
* Sold-out crowd set to watch World Cup champs’ exhibition match tonight * Victory tour means winning for U.S. World Cup champs * Wiedmer: World Cup champs know how to inspire their fans * Road closures planned for U.S. Women’s match against Costa Rica