Indoor sports facility announced

[billhoward]

An artificial turf football field costs 550,000 to $1,350,000, says https://sportsvenuecalculator.com/knowledge/artificial-turf-field/how-much-do-turf-football-fields-cost/

[upprdeck]

Turf fields also require a supply of the pellets to respread and a special spreading device, maybe not a special tractor though

[Ken711]

Turf fields also require a supply of the pellets to respread and a special spreading device, maybe not a special tractor though

Cornell already possesses the equipment needed to refill and groom turf fields.

[upprdeck]

and yet they had issues with the baseball field.

[billhoward]

and yet they had issues with the baseball field.

Pellets degraded by tobacco juice.

[upprdeck]

I did not expect the planning board to bog down over the use of field turn in an indoor PF.  Going down the fossil fuel road was a stretch.

[Ken711]

I did not expect the planning board to bog down over the use of field turn in an indoor PF.  Going down the fossil fuel road was a stretch.[/quote}

The issue is the outdoor multi-use field surface to be built adjacent to the field house.  There is no feasible way to have natural grass playing surface for the indoor facility itself, that's just folly to even raise that point.

[David Harding]

The artificial turf issue isn't going away quickly.  There is serious concern about the impact of PFAS, both immediate and long-term.  https://ithacavoice.org/2024/08/debate-over-environmental-hazards-cornells-new-turf-field-continues-at-city-town-levels/

[upprdeck]

So why was this not an issue when they installed turf on the other fields on campus but its one now.

Did the new baseball field get made of more magic pellets?

[rss77]

Started last year with protests over the new turf at the Ithaca College football field

[mike1960]

PFAS are not a frivolous issue.

[Ken711]

PFAS are used to help carpets, upholstery, and other fabrics resist staining, and to repel water from clothes, shoes, sports equipment, and luggage. If buying new, look for products without stain or water resistance. Personal care products like shampoo, dental floss, and cosmetics.  I guess everyone with now be required to have hardwood floors instead of carpeting in their homes. ;-)

[mike1960]

PFAS are used to help carpets, upholstery, and other fabrics resist staining, and to repel water from clothes, shoes, sports equipment, and luggage. If buying new, look for products without stain or water resistance. Personal care products like shampoo, dental floss, and cosmetics.  I guess everyone with now be required to have hardwood floors instead of carpeting in their homes. ;-)

Extreme thinking. Twitter-ready.

[marty]

PFAS are not a frivolous issue.

Hasn't been for a quarter of  a century.

[Ken711]

Ithaca City planning board advanced the Meinig Fieldhouse project after determining it had no negative CEQR affects.  The approval came after Cornell made the decision to use plant-based infill for the outside multi-purpose field.  The next step is submission of preliminary site plan in October, final site [lan approval in November, and construction to start in December/January.