by Lauren Gusman
Soccer City Miami’s new field renovations provide the latest and highest quality of turf technology for local communities. These fields have enhanced player safety and performance across all divisions while also maintaining the appearance of the facility all year round. Locals of the South Florida community understand the importance of outdoor activity and fitness.
Through the recent fields restoration, Soccer City Miami has continued to promote the use of its facility for recreational and competitive practice in the advancement of the sport. The social play areas for children parties have also implemented these changes to reinforce security and durability at each event party. Families and soccer fans alike from across South Florida have shown high regard to the new synthetic turf installations by Act Global.
The selected turf is part of Act Global’s XtremeTurf system, BDX. BDX enhances a players game through its superior weather and wear durability, lasting for years before replacement and will be able to endure Florida’s extreme heat year after year. It provides a stable and reliable playing surface for players and surpasses FIFA’s quality minimum.
About Soccer City Miami
Soccer City Miami is the largest soccer complex in South Florida. It provides top-notch fields for the use of the recreational and competitive practice of Soccer and Mini-Soccer. The facility has locker rooms, a restaurant on site, multiple social play areas for children and 5 fields for the different levels of playing formats of the sport. Soccer City Miami is highly regarded across South Florida for maintaining a safe, fun and comfortable environment for recreational and competitive players.
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by Shelby Becker
In May it was announced that Owasso High School would be resurfacing its football and baseball fields to feature new artificial grass. Both fields are a serious upgrade for the school, which was relying on old synthetic turf and natural grass for its playing surfaces. Stigall Field, the district’s home turf for baseball games will be re-outfitted a specialized baseball system from Act Global known as Real Play Technology. Real Play Technology is only available on Xtreme Turf systems and is shown to remove unnatural ball roll and bounce.
The design of the new football field came from the inspiration of the stadium’s press box and the team’s uniforms. The midfield logo even matches the ram visible on the school’s wellness facility exteriors.
With the completion of these fields, construction continues to face-lift the high school’s softball field, an indoor practice field, and a multipurpose field.
This installation is being completed by our partner, General Sports Surfaces. The teams at General Sports Surfaces are experts in high-quality sports construction and turn-key services. GSS specializes in identifying and satisfying the needs of its clients with a full range of athletic surfaces including USA-Made Xtreme Turf systems and running tracks. By combining passion, talent, and expertise, GSS builds sports facilities that are designed for the user- athletes. General Sports Surfaces also offers comprehensive services including design, installation, and maintenance, alongside dedicated customer support.
Check out GSS’s new website for more information.
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Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
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by Shelby Becker
Paramount Centre is a communal sports complex for the people living in Mississauga, Ontario. The centre spans over a sports arena and entertainment venue, community ice rinks, Mississauga SportZone, and outdoor fields. The active community is located just outside of Toronto and home to multiple sports franchises. One new team to Mississauga as of this fall is the Mississauga Metro Stars. The Major Arena Soccer League team practices and competes at Paramount Centre and is 1 of 17 teams in the league.
The premier sports and entertainment complex is going on its 20-year anniversary since its inception in 1998. The SportZone itself just celebrated it’s 10 year anniversary last fall, after modernizing the north field to feature Xtreme Turf. The FIFA 1-Star certified field offers the most safety and playability measures available for a sports field. The all-weather turf allows residents to play 7 days a week and all 4 seasons of the year while retaining the same texture and strength of a high-quality natural grass field in the springtime.
This installation was completed in 2017 by our Canadian partners, Carpell Surfaces. Carpell visited the site again this year to capture new imagery of the field, still looking fresh and new. Carpell Surfaces is a leading supplier and installer of synthetic sports surfaces across Canada. The company has an excellent reputation for top-quality installations in sports facilities at major universities, colleges and schools, as well as high-profile sporting events.
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Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
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by Shelby Becker
Saturday, November 17th
This Saturday one of our favorite teams, the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors will play the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Coming out of a bye week and having lost to the University of Utah on November 3rd this will be a big game for UH to get their game back. UNLV’s last game was a victory against San Diego State, breaking a six-week losing streak. A win for UH this Saturday would give them their seventh win as well as bowl eligibility. Our team will definitely be watching and we hope to see the Rainbow Warriors kill It tomorrow.
Sunday, November 18th
This Sunday we have two big games to watch. First up is one of our favorite NFL teams, the New York Giants against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. We hope to see this as an easy win for the Giants considering the fact that the Buccaneers haven’t been doing too hot. The past three weeks they have been at a steady 0-3. Seems like their defense has not been on their A-game. With that being said, the Giants defense has been doing exceptionally well. We think this game will be a good victory for the Giants and we can’t wait to watch it go down.
Another one of our favorite NFL teams, the New Orleans Saints are playing the Philadelphia Eagles. Because the Saints have been doing amazing this season we hope that this game will be another victory for them. They’ve won the past eight games, with 5 of those winning by double digits. Drew Brees has also been killing the game, to say the least. The Eagles don’t have the greatest track record this season, so we’re hoping to see the Saints take the W this Sunday.
This upcoming weekend will be an eventful one. Our team will definitely stay busy keeping up with some of our favorite teams on our turf. Will you be watching?
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Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
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by Shelby Becker
One of the biggest factors in making the switch to synthetic turf is the reduction in time associated with maintenance. With little upkeep, the field is available for more hours of use. Because of this, it is important for the turf to have high permeability backing. Permeability can be related to a drainage system within the turf.
However permeable the turf is, is how much excess water it will allow to pass through it. This is an important part of the turf because it allows teams to get back on the field quicker after rainstorms. With natural grass, the water builds up and sits in the grass for a long time. Most players can’t play with large puddles of water scattered all over a field, so they must wait until they can fix back up the field after every major rainstorm. With permeable synthetic turf, the water drains right through and allows the field to be a safe environment after each rain storm without taking time away for maintenance.
All of Act Global’s turf has permeable backing at the base of it in order to accommodate local weather and rainfall conditions. A permeable back for the turf is not only useful for sports fields but also for homeowner lawns as well. Standing water usually turns into mud after heavy rainstorms if you have natural grass. Having a wet and muddy backyard is not ideal for appearance reasons and limits the use of a backyard for everyday activities. With synthetic turf, the need for immediate maintenance to avoid mud in one’s backyard is not necessary. Permeability is important for every type of synthetic turf.
Learn how our synthetic turf is beneficial to athletes.
Be sure to keep up to date on all of our turf projects and more by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
