GrassMaster

## Contents

* 1 Technology
* 2 Major installations
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Technology

GrassMaster reinforces a natural grass pitch by vertically inserting 20 million polypropylene (PP) fibres into the soil equally spread over the entire playing field. The 20 cm (7.9 in) long PP fibres are injected by computer-controlled machines, 18 cm (7.1 in) deep so 2 cm (0.8 in) remains above the surface.[1] The PP fibres are inserted in a grid of about 2 cm × 2 cm (0.8 in × 0.8 in). The grass roots entwine with the fibres and grow deeper and wider.[2] The PP fibres above the surface are designed to ensure an even and stable surface. GrassMaster may be installed before seeding, after seeding or on grass sods.[3]

## Major installations

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Stadium  | Club  | Sport  | Country

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Bet365 Stadium  | Stoke City  | Association football  | England
Ashton Gate Stadium  | Bristol City and Bristol Bears  | Association football and rugby union  | England
Prenton Park  | Tranmere Rovers F.C.  | Association football  | England
Villa Park  | Aston Villa  | Association football  | England
St James’ Park  | Newcastle United  | Association football  | England
Stamford Bridge  | Chelsea  | Association football  | England
Elland Road  | Leeds United  | Association football  | England
Hillsborough[4][5] | Sheffield Wednesday  | Association football  | England
Camp Nou  | FC Barcelona  | Association football  | Spain
El Campín Stadium  | Millonarios F.C. and Independiente Santa Fe  | Association football  | Colombia
Luminus Arena  | KRC Genk  | Association football  | Belgium
San Siro  | Inter Milan and AC Milan  | Association football  | Italy
Stade Marcel Picot  | AS Nancy  | Association football  | France
King Abdullah Sports City  | Ittihad FC and Al-Ahli Saudi FC  | Association football  | Saudi Arabia
Mapei Stadium  | US Sassuolo Calcio  | Association football  | Italy
Goodison Park  | Everton  | Association football  | England
Stade Marcel-Michelin  | ASM Clermont Auvergne  | Rugby union  | France
CNFE Clairefontaine  | French Football Federation  | Association football  | France
Anfield  | Liverpool  | Association football  | England
Selhurst Park  | Crystal Palace  | Association football  | England
Carrow Road  | Norwich City  | Association football  | England
Parc des Princes  | Paris Saint-Germain  | Association football  | France
Stade de Roudourou  | En Avant Guingamp  | Association football  | France
Stade Louis II  | AS Monaco  | Association football  | Monaco
Stade Océane  | Le Havre  | Association football  | France
Stade de France[6] | France  | Association football and other events  | France
Stade Francis-Le Blé  | Stade Brestois 29  | Association football  | France
Stade Auguste-Delaune  | Stade de Reims  | Association football  | France
Estádio Parque São Jorge  | Corinthians  | Association football  | Brazil
Neo Química Arena  | Corinthians  | Association football  | Brazil
Arena do Grêmio[7] | Grêmio  | Association football  | Brazil
King Power Stadium[8] | Leicester City  | Association football  | England
Twickenham Stadium  | Rugby Football Union  | Rugby union  | England
Emirates Stadium[9] | Arsenal  | Association football  | England
Kirklees Stadium  | Huddersfield Town and
Huddersfield Giants  | Association football and
rugby league  | England
Celtic Park  | Celtic  | Association football  | Scotland
Leigh Sports Village  | Leigh[10] | Rugby league  | England
City of Manchester Stadium  | Manchester City[11] | Association football  | England
Old Trafford[12] | Manchester United | Association football  | England
Trafford Training Centre[13] | Manchester United | Association football  | England
Adams Park  | Wycombe Wanderers
(and formerly Wasps)  | Association football
(and formerly rugby union)  | England
Vicarage Road[14] | Watford
(and formerly Saracens)  | Association football
(and formerly rugby union)  | England
Wembley Stadium[15] | England  | Association football and other events  | England
Aviva Stadium  | Ireland national rugby union team and
Republic of Ireland national football team  | Rugby union and
association football  | Ireland
Stadion Galgenwaard  | Utrecht  | Association football  | Netherlands
Euroborg  | FC Groningen  | Association football  | Netherlands
AFAS Stadion  | AZ Alkmaar  | Association football  | Netherlands
Sportpark De Toekomst  | AFC Ajax  | Association football  | Netherlands
Forsyth Barr Stadium[16] | Highlanders  | Rugby union  | New Zealand
Lerkendal Stadion  | Rosenborg  | Association football  | Norway
Arena Khimki  | Khimki  | Association football  | Russia
Mbombela Stadium  | 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa  | Association football  | South Africa
Peter Mokaba Stadium  | 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa  | Association football  | South Africa
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium  | 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa and
South Africa Sevens  | Association football and
rugby sevens  | South Africa
Lincoln Financial Field  | Philadelphia Eagles  | American football  | United States
Lambeau Field  | Green Bay Packers  | American football  | United States
Liberty Stadium[17] | Swansea City and
Ospreys  | Association football and
rugby union  | Wales
Millennium Stadium[18] | Welsh Rugby Union
| Rugby union
(also Welsh international association football)  | Wales
Cardiff City Stadium[19] | Cardiff City
(and formerly Cardiff Blues)  | Association football
(and formerly rugby union)  | Wales
National Stadium, Singapore  | Singapore  | Rugby union and association football  | Singapore
Rodney Parade  | Dragons
Newport County
Newport RFC  | Rugby union and association football  | Wales
Volkswagen Arena  | VfL Wolfsburg  | Association football  | Germany
Metalist Stadium  | Metalist Kharkiv  | Association football  | Ukraine
Donbass Arena  | Shakhtar Donetsk  | Association football  | Ukraine
Central City Stadium  | National Team of Kazakhstan  | Association football  | Kazakhstan
Murrayfield Stadium  | Edinburgh Rugby and
Scotland  | Rugby union  | Scotland
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi  | Hellas Verona and Chievo Verona  | Association football  | Italy
Lokomotiv Stadium  | FC Lokomotiv Moscow  | Association football  | Russia
Kazan Arena  | FC Rubin Kazan  | Association football  | Russia
Estadio de la Cerámica  | Villareal CF  | Association football  | Spain
Melbourne City Football Academy  | Melbourne City FC  | Association football  | Australia
Ooredoo Training Centre  | Paris Saint-Germain  | Association football  | France
St Georges Park  | National Football Centre FA  | Association football  | England
Bramall Lane[20] | Sheffield United  | Association football  | England
Imam Reza Stadium  | Padideh F.C.  | Association football  | Iran
Cairo International Stadium  | Egyptian national football team and Zamalek  | Association football  | Egypt
El Sekka El Hadid Stadium  | El Sekka El Hadid SC  | Association football  | Egypt
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium  | Tottenham Hotspur  | Association football  | England
Misr Stadium  | Egypt  | Association football  | Egypt
Vodafone Park  | Beşiktaş J.K.  | Association football  | Turkey
Bashundhara Kings Arena  | Bashundhara Kings  | Association football  | Bangladesh
Darius and Girėnas Stadium  | FK Kauno Žalgiris

Lithuania national football team

| Association football  | Lithuania
Brisbane Road  | Leyton Orient  | Association football  | England
The Valley  | Charlton Athletic  | Association football  | England
Mandela National Stadium  | Uganda  | Association football and other events  | Uganda

## References

1. ↑ Oldenkotte, Guy (2 September 2020). "Hybrid fields discussed – By Guy Oldenkotte". https://sportsfields.info/hybrid-fields/.
2. ↑ Anderson, F. D.; Fleming, P.; Sherratt, P.; Severn, K. (1 January 2016). "Design and Development of a Novel Natural Turf Shear Stability Tester" (in en). Procedia Engineering 147: 842–847. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2016.06.293. ISSN 1877-7058.
3. ↑ "Home – GrassMaster Solutions". https://grassmastersolutions.com/en.
4. ↑ "Sheffield Wednesday: Work continues on Desso pitch". https://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/owls/sheffield-wednesday-work-continues-on-desso-pitch-1-7279480.
5. ↑ "VIDEO: Sheffield Wednesday on track with new state-of-the-art pitch". https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/latest-owls-news/video-sheffield-wednesday-on-track-with-new-state-of-the-art-pitch-1-7258862.
6. ↑ "Le Stade de France choisit Tarkett Sports et sa technologie Desso GrassMaster". dessosports (Paris). http://www.dessosports.com/fr/nouvelles/le-stade-de-france-choisit-tarkett-sports-et-sa-technologie-desso-grassmaster.
7. ↑ "High-tech hybrid grass for Grêmio Arena". GFPA (Porto Alegre (RS,Brazil)). http://www.dessosports.com/sports/football/football-projects/gremio-brazil.
8. ↑ "Pitch Refurbishment Underway". LCFC (Leicester). http://www.lcfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~2367973,00.html.
9. ↑ "How Arsenal have put Wembley in the shade". The Times (London). http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/sport/surfacetension.pdf.
10. ↑ "LSV beats the big freeze!". http://leighsportsvillage.co.uk/news_detail_from_leigh_sports_village.php?news_id=199.
11. ↑ "Manchester City inaugurates brand new stadium". http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=106750.
12. ↑ Parsons, Tom (5 June 2013). "Pitch battle prompts Manchester United to switch to new surface". Inside World Football. http://www.insideworldfootball.com/world-football/europe/12657-pitch-battle-prompts-manchester-united-to-switch-to-new-surface.
13. ↑ "Louis van Gaal: New Manchester United manager orders club to rip up training ground pitches before his arrival". The Independent. 7 June 2014. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/louis-van-gaal-new-manchester-united-manager-orders-club-to-rip-up-training-ground-pitches-before-9506510.html.
14. ↑ "Pitch relay news Desso is go". WatfordFC.com. London. http://www.watfordfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10400~2839021,00.html.
15. ↑ "The Wembley pitch". FATV (London). http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/Wembley/NewsandFeatures/2011/Desso-Installed.
16. ↑ "Dunedin's hi-tech stadium open for business". tvnz (New Zealand). http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/dunedin-s-hi-tech-stadium-open-business-4339941.
17. ↑ "Liberty Stadium Pitch - Official Stadium Website". http://www.liberty-stadium.com/liberty_stadium_intro_pitch.php.
18. ↑ "Millennium Stadium to have new hybrid playing surface". BBC Sport. 23 May 2014. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/27546326.
19. ↑ "Cardiff City Stadium, Home of Cardiff City FC". https://cardiffcitystadium.co.uk/?view=article&catid=8:news&id=107:march-go-desso&option=com_content&Itemid=48.
20. ↑ "A new pitch for the Blades". http://www.sufc.co.uk/news/article/sheffield-united-bramall-lane-2459910.aspx.

## External links

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