Wagner College AD Cites Safety & Loyalty in Decision to Resurface Stadium With Revolution 360

Wagner College, located in the heart of Staten Island is a focal point of local activity. FieldTurf crews recently completed the replacement of Wagner’s 10-year-old FieldTurf Classic HD surface with the installation of their new field showcasing FieldTurf’s signature Revolution 360 system.

Named after the concept of completeness, Revolution 360 is the industry’s first fiber to have achieved a score of 83 on the Fiber Performance Index (FPI). Recently introduced to the marketplace by Labosport – a leading laboratory dedicated to sports surfaces and equipment – as part of the latest addition to its Certification Program, Labosport’s FPI establishes the ultimate fiber ‘index’ – the rating of an artificial turf fiber, to help prospective turf buyers understand and weigh the individual qualities of a turf fiber.

“We did our homework and sat through lots of presentations from other manufacturers,” said Walt Hameline, Athletic Director, Wagner College. “But we went with FieldTurf again because the original field lasted so long. Our student-athletes are really excited about the new field. It looks great, but they’re also happy about the safety aspects. They all talk about how much better they feel playing on it.”

The newly launched fiber has taken the industry be storm and is quickly becoming the most popular surface in North America. Wagner will join an impressive list of users, of which features Gillette Stadium, the home of the Patriots & Revolution, CenturyLink Field, the home of the Seahawks and Sounders, Rochester Rhinos Stadium, Princeton University, Toledo University and University of Texas at El Paso to name a few.

Wagner College Stadium is used by Seahawks football, soccer and lacrosse teams, and occasionally hosts high school football games. But the college’s baseball, softball and basketball teams also have found ways to incorporate the artificial turf into their practices and workouts. “The baseball team will be out there hitting fly balls in the winter,” Hameline laughs.

Wagner is among the latest to reuse infill material from its previous FieldTurf surface to its new FieldTurf field. The existing infill is screened to remove fine particles such as dust or dirt, as well as trash, stones, gum and other foreign substances, before being reincorporated it into the new surface.

The recycling of infill typically will reuse about 90 percent of the weight of the turf surface. The remaining 10 percent (mostly carpet and remnant infill) can be landfilled. From a LEED perspective, 90 percent reuse is an outstanding number.

FieldTurf offers expertise in reusing infill on several projects and boasts the technology and personnel to seamlessly transfer material from the old field to the new one — providing significant cost savings to facility operators and an ecological solution to field replacement.

Wagner College’s football team officially took the field for the first time on Sept. 1, when the Seahawks beat Saint Anselm College, 38-16.