Western Michigan University Selects FieldTurf Yet Again for Waldo Stadium

Kalamazoo, MI, May 31, 2013 --(PR.com)-- FieldTurf has once again been selected as the turf of choice for the Western Michigan football program. They also have chosen FieldTurf Revolution for the Seelye Athletic Center. The Broncos will continue playing on the latest FieldTurf product for many years to come.

"I personally went across the country looking for the safest and most elite playing surface for the Western Michigan football program. Every time we came back to FieldTurf," said WMU head football coach P.J. Fleck. "FieldTurf is the highest performing turf system on the market today, and that is why we will continue to have their product in Waldo Stadium. My priority is the safety of the young men on this team, and I am confident FieldTurf is the right choice for the Broncos moving forward."

“It’s always gratifying when a long-time customer like Western Michigan University expresses the desire to continue their relationship with our company and continue playing on our systems,” said FieldTurf President Eric Daliere. “Everyone at FieldTurf is committed to providing Broncos athletics with the best world-class surfaces.”

Waldo Stadium will have the innovative FieldTurf Revolution CoolPlay system installed. Combined with FieldTurf’s patented infill of cryogenic rubber and silica sand, this system features FieldTurf’s exclusive cork top dressing which allows the CoolPlay system to deliver the same behavior and overall stability as FieldTurf’s elite system fields found in the world’s most famous stadiums. CoolPlay was designed to reduce the heat without any reduction in performance.

FieldTurf’s safety, performance and durability levels have proven to be ideal for the sport of football with over 100 D-1 schools playing and/or practicing on FieldTurf. Western Michigan is part of ten schools in the Mid-American Conference playing their home games on FieldTurf, with the likes of Ball State University, Kent State University, and Ohio University, to name a few.

Seelye Athletic Center will have the FieldTurf Revolution system installed, which has been carefully designed to be a state-of-the-art system that has been selected by many of the top NCAA football teams for its grass-like performance and safety.

About FieldTurf

FieldTurf is the inventor and world leader in infilled artificial turf with over 4,500 installations in North America. In the NFL, 22 of 32 teams have selected FieldTurf for their game and / or practice facilities while hundreds of NCAA D-1 programs play and/or practice on FieldTurf, including such powerhouse programs as Illinois, Louisville, Michigan, Missouri, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon, Texas, Washington, and Washington State to name a few.

FieldTurf is part of Tarkett Sports, a Division of the Tarkett Group. Tarkett Sports is the largest entity in the sports and landscape surfacing industries. Included within the Tarkett Sports portfolio is an impressive range of performance sports flooring products. This product range includes: synthetic and hardwood basketball; volleyball and gymnasium flooring; squash and racquetball courts; floor protection and covering systems; weight room flooring; and high performance indoor and outdoor running tracks, featuring Beynon and Atlas track surfaces.

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