History Timeline

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Notre Dame, North Carolina, Navy and Dartmouth add AstroTurf synthetic surfaces.

Oakland Raiders play Philadelphia Eagles on AstroTurf
in Super Bowl XV at the Superdome.

Harvard University installs the first Magic Carpet® system.

Atlanta Olympic Field Hockey installs AstroTurf® System 96

Textile Management Associates acquires all AstroTurf trademarks,
intellectual property and manufacturing facilities.

Synthetic turf invented.

First experimental synthetic field installed at Moses Brown School, Providnce, RI.

Miami Dolphins play Minnesota Vikings on AstroTurf
in Super Bowl VIII at Rice Stadium.

Women’s World Cup Hockey games are played on AstroTurf.

AstroTurf installs first North American vertical drainage systems
in Ewing Township, NJ, at Trenton State

First Premier League caliber European soccer club, Real Madrid [Spain]
purchases AstroTurf System.

AstroTurf and GeneralSportsSM Venue announce a bold new partnership.

AstroTurf® installed at Houston Astrodome.

First E-Layer® system [Elastomeric] installed at William and Mary,
as well as University of California, Berkeley.

AsrtoTurf selected by major European clubs, including Manchester United [UK];
Valladolid [Spain]; Schalke 04 and SSV Ulm [Germany]; and Nancy Lorraine [France].

TurfAide™ Antimicrobial Treatment becomes standard on all AstroTurf fields

AstroTurf manufacturing facility opens in Dalton, GA.

First international field hockey game played on AstroTurf at Molson Stadium, Montreal.

AstroTruf installed at New Orleans Superdome and Detroit Silverdome.

Cincinnati Reds win World Series on AstroTurf

Buffalo Bills install AstroTurf infilled system in Ralph Wilson Stadium.

GSV/AstroTurf Selected as Official Synthetic Turf Supplier for U.S. Communities

Reebok and AstroTurf Join Forces for First-Ever R&D Effort
Focused on Footwear-Surface Interaction

St. Louis Rams select state-of-the-art AstroTurf® system for Russell Training Center

AstroTurf introduces astroflect(tm) Technology featuring Bonar Coolgrass®

University of Tennessee and AstroTurf create the Center for Safer Athletic Fields