New turf in the Dome

[ofpantherandman]

Re: New turf in the Dome

The Dome has leaked for years. It will leak for years.

[The Flying Squirrel]

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I understand they don't want rubber infill because the rubber smell would be overbearing inside the Dome.

Saw samples of the new turf yesterday and a drawing of what it will look like. It does have rubber infill but not as much as some of the traditional outdoor stadiums. Endzones will be purple with yellow Panthers trimmed in white. Panther logo at the 50. The plan is to have it installed prior to Fall camp beginning.

[JayJ79]

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Saw samples of the new turf yesterday and a drawing of what it will look like. It does have rubber infill but not as much as some of the traditional outdoor stadiums. Endzones will be purple with yellow Panthers trimmed in white. Panther logo at the 50. The plan is to have it installed prior to Fall camp beginning.

Is it the same type of system that was mentioned on the Bison board, or was MplsBison talking out his cornhole again?

[TravelingPanther]

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Saw samples of the new turf yesterday and a drawing of what it will look like. It does have rubber infill but not as much as some of the traditional outdoor stadiums. Endzones will be purple with yellow Panthers trimmed in white. Panther logo at the 50. The plan is to have it installed prior to Fall camp beginning.

That's odd, I was told that it did not have any rubber beads because they would get messed up when the turf got rolled up.

[E. Bruce 9183]

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The turf has a netting or weave about halfway between the top of the "grass" and the base that holds the rubber in place when it is rolled up. They say it will lose less than one gallon of rubber total each time it is rolled up and put back down. So it will need some additional rubber put down from time to time and some grooming each time it is picked up and put down.

[TravelingPanther]

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ahh. I must have misunderstood then.

[UNIFanSince1983]

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If you want to pay your respects to the old turf I would get in there this afternoon. It is down right now, but coming up for the final time. It has been sold and will be on it's way to Texas

New turf should be in, in July. Plenty of time before fall practice begins!!

[Panther-Sheik]

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Cool...how much do you sell 17 year old turf for?

[Kyle]

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Cool...how much do you sell 17 year old turf for?

I'm not sure. Maybe you can use it for a mini golf course or something.

[UNI Prof]

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If you want to pay your respects to the old turf I would get in there this afternoon. It is down right now, but coming up for the final time. It has been sold and will be on it's way to Texas

New turf should be in, in July. Plenty of time before fall practice begins!!

Wow, somebody bought it.

[Newsbreaker]

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Wow, somebody bought it.

They were going to use it as a parking lot, but it was too hard.

[Newsbreaker]

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Seriously though, don't be surprised on our next trip to Springfield when MSU is playing on that friggin thing.

[casbern]

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haha.. let's hope they steralized it.

But honestly, I'm excited for the new turf, I do however believe that the dome needs to be revamped entirely, not just these minor upgrades. I know it'd take a lot of money to do this, but I figure we do have Rob Weiss (haha) to foot it... so what's taking this so long.

[UNIpanther99]

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Other than some new seat backs (or maybe even just painting the current ones), I think the Dome is looking about as good as it ever did right now.

[casbern]

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I think the Dome is looking about as good as it ever did right now.

Oh absolutely, in my short time here at UNI so far, the dome has made great improvements. I just think it'd be better if it was a total overhaul, and marketed the dome as a new, improved facility.