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The start of the new decade saw the ProPlay-Sport20 undergoing a update, this to ensure the world's most popular shock pad is future-proof. 2020 turned out to be a year that was demanding in many ways, but the renewed ProPlay-Sport20 passed with distinction. One of the first Dutch artificial turf football fields to benefit is the renovated main field at Be Quick'28 in Zwolle.
El Alto in Bolivia is the highest major metropolis in the world, with an average elevation of 4,150 m. It makes this field the highest altitude FIFA Quality Pro certified field in the world. Moreover, it is the first synthetic turf field with a horizontal drainage system in Bolivia, using the ProPlay-Sport23D shock pad.
Schmitz Foam Products provided the ProPlay-Sport shock pad to cushion the concrete surface at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium, one of the largest Canadian stadiums used for the Women’s World Cup in June 2015. The Canadian Soccer Association, FIFA and JSA Sport Architecture Inc. selected partners Carpell Surfaces and ACT Global to supply and install the synthetic turf system. It was the first time all-synthetic turf was used in a FIFA senior World Cup.
In 2010 AFC IJburg decided to install a turf field with ProPlay. After eight years, in 2018, the turf had to be replaced. When the turf was taken off recently, installers discovered a flawless ProPlay- Sport20 field which looked like it was installed yesterday. Moreover, the performance still was on the same level. As good as new, not a single sheet needed to be replaced.
Ranney School and Princeton Soccer Academy can rightfully claim that their new field is ‘the most sustainable synthetic turf field in the world’. The woven carpet utilizes TPE infill made from discarded plastic that has been reclaimed from the sea. As it has been built over a ProPlay shock pad, the field has prevented thousands of tons of foam and plastic from being discarded.
