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Edor Nelson Field turf replacement project is complete!

8/18/04 -- CLICK HERE FOR UPDATED PHOTOS!

MINNEAPOLIS -- Work is completed on the project to replace the turf at Augsburg College's Edor Nelson Field with Sprinturf, a "next-generation" surface. Work on the $400,000 turf project began June 16 and was completed in early August.

The existing Astroturf surface was removed and the new Sprinturf synthetic-grass surface was installed over the current asphalt base with an infill of a rubber-sand mix. Augsburg's athletic teams will begin to use the field during the fall sports season.

Augsburg's Edor Nelson Field, opened in 1984, is one of the most-used outdoor athletic fields in the Twin Cities. The field is the home for four Augsburg intercollegiate athletic teams -- football, men's soccer, women's soccer and softball -- and is also used extensively by the college's intramural sports program, health and physical education classes and by a variety of local sports teams and leagues.The field is domed during the winter months to provide for a year-round practice and competition space for indoor soccer/lacrosse leagues and Augsburg activities.

Follow the progress of the project by scrolling down the page.
Photos by Don Stoner and Stephen Geffre.

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6/15/04 -- A final look at the old turf. A view of the softball diamond on the west side of Edor Nelson Field from atop the press box.

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6/15/04 -- Another final look at the old turf from the southwest corner of the field. This Astroturf surface at Edor Nelson Field was in place from 1993 to 2004 and served four Augsburg varsity sports -- football, men's soccer, women's soccer and softball -- and numerous other activities.

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6/16/04 -- A workman begins the tedious process of cutting the old turf in preparations for removal.

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6/16/04 -- Workmen score the old turf to prepare it for removal.

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6/24/04 -- All the old turf is now taken off the Edor Nelson Field surface and rolled up for removal.

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6/25/04 -- All the turf is gone from Edor Nelson Field, down to the bare popcorn asphalt base.

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6/25/04 -- The asphalt is being repaired (note the circle and square marks on the asphalt) and will be ready for the installation of the new Sprinturf surface and tons of infill material (rubber pellets and sand) over the next couple of weeks.

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7/19/04 -- The new Sprinturf surface is nearing complete installation. Augsburg's familiar "Cross-A" logo is prominent in the center of the field. Yet to be installed is the "infill" of a rubber-sand mix that will make the surface safe for athletes and the closest to a real-grass feel of any major artificial-turf surface.

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7/19/04 -- A view from the press box of the west side of Edor Nelson Field. All the boundary and hashmark lines for the college's football, soccer and softball teams will be permanently installed on the field. Yet to be installed is the permanent lettering -- AUGSBURG in maroon letters -- in each end zone.

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7/19/04 -- A close-up view of the new Sprinturf surface. The new artificial-turf surface features 2.25-inch-long low-friction, polyethyelene fibers, designed to mimic the feel of real grass while remaining soft, thick and crush-resistant. Along with the long-fiber grass, the other main component for player safety will be the "infill" of a rubber-sand mix, three pounds per square-foot, that will be installed soon.

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7/19/04 -- A view from the southwest corner of the field. The soccer lines are in gold, while the football lines are in white. All are permanently installed lines.

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8/6/04 -- Grooming machines are in place to put the infill material into the Sprinturf surface. The infill material, which gives the artificial turf its grass-like feel, is made up of a rubber-sand mix of three pounds per square foot. The solid white line below the yard marker numbers is the left-field line for softball.

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8/6/04 -- Workers install the AUGSBURG lettering in the west end zone.

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8/6/04 -- Workers install the AUGSBURG lettering in the west end zone. The blue backing on the underside of the letters is a permanent adhesive material.

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8/18/04 -- A view of the Augsburg "Cross-A" logo in the center of the field. The gold circle is the soccer center circle.

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8/18/04 -- A view of the AUGSBURG lettering in the west end zone. The field will be used for football, men's/women's soccer and softball.

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Augsburg College, a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III.

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