Artificial Turf Returns?

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Pantone4515 said:
So I got the opportunity to design the field, which was a dream come true. I wrote about it here: http://www.thesportsdesignblog.com/2020/09/03/i-really-designed-the-georgia-tech-football-field/
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Congrats and thanks for posting this info and the link to your blog. This quote –
I went in assuming, like with most turf fields, Georgia Tech would be getting a permanent design stitched into the turf. It turns out they’ll be painting the field every week like they did with a grass field, so a lot of my more intricate designs were out from the start, but my favorite ones were simpler anyway.
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Can you tell us more about this? Why did they choose to do a weekly repaint? Do they literally hose it off? Are more intricate designs simply too expensive to paint weekly?
 
18in32 said:
Congrats and thanks for posting this info and the link to your blog. This quote –

Can you tell us more about this? Why did they choose to do a weekly repaint? Do they literally hose it off? Are more intricate designs simply too expensive to paint weekly?
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Thanks! They choose to paint it as opposed to having a permanent design so the field can be used for soccer games, concerts, etc. With a permanent design, you actually get pieces of turf stitched in that are different colors, so it’s not painted — it’s multicolor turf. So things like a skyline would be easy, but painting a skyline every week would take several hours and cost a ton of money in paint and stencils.
 
18in32 said:
Congrats and thanks for posting this info and the link to your blog. This quote –

Can you tell us more about this? Why did they choose to do a weekly repaint? Do they literally hose it off? Are more intricate designs simply too expensive to paint weekly?
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If they do it like the Falcons do, there is a mower/zamboni like machine that washes the paint from the turf. Im imagining an industrial carpet washer that you can ride or push around.
 
GCdaJuiceMan said:
If they do it like the Falcons do, there is a mower/zamboni like machine that washes the paint from the turf. Im imagining an industrial carpet washer that you can ride or push around.
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Oh yeah, sorry. They have a scrubber like that.
 
Would love to see a large state of Georgia on the field, filled in with gold. Maybe a star or a buzz representing Atlanta
 
savbandjacket said:
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am I seeing things, or is inside the 15 on each side look like a different material than the rest of the field?
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Could just be the direction the field was "swept" or something. Looks like each 10 yards is distinctive
 
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