Troy Memorial Stadium & Piqua's Alexander Stadium Upgrade Seating, Install Artificial Turf 06/17/2010
  Troy Memorial Stadium has seen it all...playoffs, state champions, over 100 legendary Troy-Piqua battles and millions of screaming fans in it's 62 years. Originally constructed by the Hobart Family as a key aspect of the Miami River athletic corridor that was years ahead of it's time and included Miami Shores golf course and Hobart Arena, the stadium's original listed capacity of 12,000 was intended to provide each Troy resident with a prime seat to their local high school football games (Troy's population at the time of construction was estimated right at 12,000). Over the years, the stadium has seen several renovations and upgrades, most recently consisting of a fresh coat of paint over the metal frame of the now-10,510 seat stadium back in 2009. Troy City Schools, now the stadiums owner after decades of leasing the facility from the City, is in the midst of summer upgrades to the North end of the stadium, complete with refinished seating and refurbishing of the metal floor deck. However, TMS is not the only local field receiving having work done this summer. Piqua recently announced the purchase and impending installation of an artificial turf surface to be ready for the fall 2010 football season. According to the GWOC, Piqua is the eighth conference stadium to install an artificial surface. Thanks to hard work and a lot of fund raising, Alexander Stadium will be retrofitted with "Field Turf" synthetic grass beginning Monday at a cost of $600,000. Artificial turf is widely preferred in professional and college football due to it's ability to withstand rain and it's durability with little maintenance for years at a time. Yet many fans in Troy are left with natural grass thanks to the partnership with the Mercer Group, who manages the natural lawn care of the stadium and many other local athletic fields. For Trojan football fans, the debate over which surface is better will inevitably be escalated with the installation in Piqua just in time for the Troy-Piqua rivalry to return north to Alexander Stadium this fall. CommentsLeave a Reply |
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