September 2002, Florida Turfgrass Show in Tampa, Florida.  I led a tour of the Yankees "Legends Field".  The spring training facility and stadium for the Yankees.  Jamie Boyton of One Source Management and Richie Andrews, Sports Turf Manager.

September 2002, FTGA Show in Tampa, FL. Yankees Legends Field, Richie Andrews, Sports Turf Manager.  The field was in perfect shape.  They were removing some small areas of turfgrass contamination by first applying Round-Up and then digging the areas out.

September 2002, Yankees Legends Field.  The field had been re-built about two years prior with pure sand and the top two inches modified with USGA specification sand and peat mixture.  The sample was taken with the Mascaro Profile Sampler.

September 2002, Florida Turfgrass Show in Tampa, Florida.  I also led a tour of Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Mickey Farrell, Stadium Manager and Jim Carter and Kevin Dawkins, Sports Turf Managers.  (Pictured is John Mascaro and Gary Morris from Ole Miss.

September 2002,  Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  The center of the field has the artificial turf fibers interwoven into the turfgrass and buried from two inches to four inches deep to maintain footing.

Raymond James Stadium, the area outside the hash marks are sand construction without the reinforced fibers.  The field is usually re-built once a year.  The sample was taken with the Mascaro Profile Sampler.