Sentences with phrase «turf soccer field»

Barriers mark off the scorched area of an artificial turf soccer field in Lincoln Park in Chicago on Tuesday, July 9, 2013.

Mayor Daley on Tuesday rejected a suggestion from a group of residents that the Chicago Park District restore a half - completed, artificial - turf soccer field in Lincoln Park to a meadow.

Barriers mark the scorched area of an artificial turf soccer field in Lincoln Park.

Mayor Richard Daley on Tuesday rejected a suggestion from a group of residents that the Chicago Park District restore a half - completed, artificial - turf soccer field in Lincoln Park to a meadow.

When the Chicago Plan Commission meets Thursday, it is expected to approve an artificial turf soccer field to be built at the southern tip of Lincoln Park.

The Chicago Park District, North Park University and the aldermen for the Albany Park neighborhood see something different: green space that can be converted to a new $ 1.8 million regulation - size, artificial - turf soccer field, encircled by a wrought - iron fence and an eight - lane track, with bleachers for 300 spectators.

A multi-use rec facility, the MSC is an indoor / outdoor venue that includes three synthetic turf baseball / softball fields, two turf soccer fields, one grass baseball field, three outdoor basketball courts, a skate park, family picnic area and youth playground.

In the last five years, the Park District has built five artificial - turf soccer fields, which hold up better to heavy use.

Not exact matches

In addition to the already completed Fieldhouse, the Shadelands SportsPlex by Hall Equities Group will feature state - of - the - art training centers for soccer (complete with a full - size indoor turf field and european training equipment currently unavailable anywhere else in the country), volleyball, baseball, aquatic sports, indoor cycling, dancing, gymnastics, martial arts and yoga.

A controversial soccer field opened Saturday in Lincoln Park, but a residents» group opposed to the project insisted they aren't done fighting and called on the Chicago Park District to conduct testing of the field's artificial turf.

They found a melted mess of artificial turf, 20 feet wide in the middle of what has been a premier place to play soccer since the field's controversial debut almost 5 years ago.

Park officials are not sure whether a new soccer field at the park will be grass or turf.

Park District director Dean Bissias said the soccer club approached the park district about installing a synthetic turf field in the place of a natural grass field as the district moves forward with major renovations to the park at East Ogden Avenue and Locust Avenue.

Jo Hearn, the soccer club's executive director, said in an email the club's members had discussed the turf field with the Park District only once, at a meeting.

In recent months, officials have discussed installing a turf field instead of a grass field in the park — at an added cost of up to $ 1 million, which the Lyons Township Soccer Club has said is needed for the community's large number of soccer players.

A controversial soccer field opened Saturday in Lincoln Park, but a group of residents opposed to the project insisted it isn't done fighting and called on the Chicago Park District to test the field's artificial turf.

The $ 6 million project resulted in a 400 meter rubberized running field, an artificial turf soccer / football field, fitness units and bleacher seating.

A community soccer field in Rio de Janeiro stays well lit at night thanks to energy harvesting tiles laid under the turf.

A case in point is Brandon Weiss, owner of Geneva - based Evolutionary Home Builders who bought a few rolls of Harvard University soccer field turf to cover mud surrounding a house he was staging to sell.