Central College in Pella, Iowa is due for upgrades to the Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium. Iowa Sports Turf completed the synthetic turf removal and replacement for that portion of the project. 

https://athletics.central.edu/news/2024/6/10/general-information-central-implementing-athletics-facilities-upgrades.aspx

By Stephanie Quirk and Fox6 News Digital Team

Groundskeepers ready for Brewers home opener

It is just seven short days until the Milwaukee Brewers home opener against the Minnesota Twins. While players and fans are getting ready – so is the Brewers grounds crew.

Fox6Now-Brewers home opener, American Family Field groundskeepers ready

Scott Carpenter, KCCI 

Play ball! Norwalk shows off their new sports complex

NORWALK, Iowa —

Norwalk's new sports complex sits on 70 acres and comes with a price tag of $300 million.

It features massive synthetic fields, streaming capabilities, an "AmazonGo" store, a brand-new Mullets restaurant, a golf simulator and Norwalk's first hotels. Norwalk city officials say the majority of the construction on the property should be done by June.

Watch and listen to Iowa State University staff and students speak about how we collaborated to bring their vision to reality. The sod grown at the ISU Horticulture Research Station was harvested for Jack Trice Stadium and Johnny Majors practice football field renovations that our team completed in 2022.

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By Whitney Baxter

The first Iowa State University home football game of the 2022 season will not only be a test of Iowa State’s football team, but also of the new, homegrown turfgrass installed earlier this spring.

Harvest and installation of the new turfgrass took place at the beginning of May, the culmination of a year-long collaborative project between the Department of Horticulture, Iowa State Athletics Department, ISU Horticulture Research Station and Iowa Sports Turf.

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES ARTICLE

By Whitney Baxter

When a call came asking for help preparing the Major League Baseball field at the Field of Dreams, Casey Scheidel jumped at the opportunity.

That call came from BrightView Sports Turf, the general contractor who was looking for local companies to take part in the field’s construction. Scheidel (’04 horticulture), president of Iowa Sports Turf Management, and his team, which also includes fellow College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumni Eric Van Ginkel ('11 horticulture) and Mitch Countryman (’17 horticulture), spent three days at the field in May 2020 finishing grading and laying the sod.

Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Article

Part 1, watch a movie set in Iowa become a real major league baseball park with a promise of a game to come. Let’s play ball.

John Deere YouTube Video

Iowa Sports Turf had the privilege of assisting Brightview Sports Turf Services with field construction for what will be the first ever MLB regular-season baseball game in Iowa.

Iowa's minor league baseball teams team up to help repair the vandalized Field of Dreams infield
by Tommy Birch, Des Moines Register

MiLB teams help rebuild Iowa's Field of Dreams
by Danny Wild, MiLB.com

Minor-league teams help rebuild Field of Dreams
by Steve Batterson, Lee News Network

By Marissa Sulek, WQAD

Dyersville, Iowa — Major League Baseball says the Field of Dreams game, set to take place in August between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees, is still on schedule. If it takes place, it will be the first MLB game ever played in Iowa.

Full WQAD Story

By Marcus McIntosh, KCCI

Waukee, Iowa - The city of Waukee announced new details Thursday about a community park and sports complex under construction.

According to city leaders, land north of Waukee's newest high school will house a city sports complex and Triumph Park -- an all-inclusive fishing pier, Miracle League field and playground.

Full KCCI Story

by Brad Park - Sports Turf Research and Education Coordinator, Rutgers University

An infrequently addressed problem involves the lack of trained sports field managers at the school and municipal level—sectors of the turf industry that comprise the vast majority of sports field acreage and are used by athletes of all ages and skill levels.

SportsTurf Article