Re: New turf field vandalized
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examples from other areas
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Date: September 03, 2013 01:57PM
I can't wait till they argue over who pays for it.....
Bryan, Texas: Vandal causes $150,000 of damage to artificial turf field. According to a news item on KBTX (Bryan/College Station, Texas) (4 September 2012), a vandal driving a vehicle entered “the recently installed synthetic field at Bryan’s Rudder High School and causing nearly 150-thousand dollars worth of damage” to the football field.” Source: KBTX staff, “Synthetic Turf Vandal Caught on Camera,” on KBTX.com, 4 September 2012,
Penn Hills, Pennsylvania: Vandals cause $40,000 in damages to artificial turf field. According to a news report in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (30 August 2012), some time between Saturday night and Sunday morning [26 August 2012] vandals drove golf carts over the turf, ripping the seams as they went, causing up to $40,000 in damage to the field. Source: “Vandals cause up to $40,000 in damage to new Penn Hills High football field,” in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 30 August 2012,
Beatrice, Nebraska: Vandals sow trouble. According to various news accounts, on 20 May 2013, the coaches at Beatrice High School discovered that some 100 pounds of bird seed had been spread on the school’s artificial turf field. To accomplish the feat, the vandals had to scale a 60-foot outer fence and a 4-foot inner fence. According to the activities director, some seed was vacuumed up, but much of it got into the fibers of the turf that it could not be removed without pulling up the crumb rubber infill; so the school may have to replace the crumb rubber infill. The five vandals, who turned themselves in to police, stated that they dumped the birdseed because they thought it would be funny to see birds covering the field. Source: The Associated Press, “Update: Teens Cited For Vandalizing Beatrice Football Field,” on WOWT, 29 May 2013,