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Qatar World Cup Stadium Claims Turfing World Record

April 25, 2017/in Press Release/by External Source

A pitch specially developed in Qatar has been laid in record time at Khalifa International Stadium, as the first proposed host venue for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar advances towards completion. Fifa.com reports that in the space of just 13 and a half hours, the pitch measuring around 7,800 square metres was moved from […]

Spartak Moscow Switch To SISGrass For World Cup

April 25, 2017/in Press Release/by Matthew Gibbs

Russian giants Spartak Moscow will make the switch from a natural pitch to a SISGrass hybrid surface ahead of the 2018 World Cup. SIS Pitches previously designed and constructed a natural pitch at the Otkrytiye Arena in 2014, before completing work on four training pitches in September 2016. From April 2017, SISGrass will be installed […]

Qatar World Cup Stadium Claims Turfing World Record

April 25, 2017/in Press Release/by External Source

Spartak Moscow Switch To SISGrass For World Cup

April 25, 2017/in Press Release/by Matthew Gibbs

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Qatar World Cup Stadium Claims Turfing World Record

April 25, 2017/in Press Release/by External Source

A pitch specially developed in Qatar has been laid in record time at Khalifa International Stadium, as the first proposed host venue for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar advances towards completion.

Fifa.com reports that in the space of just 13 and a half hours, the pitch measuring around 7,800 square metres was moved from the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) and Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) Turf Nursery and laid down inside the venue by a team of 40 specialists on site.

Up to eight specialised machines were used by the 40 people moving the grass and laying it down in the proposed host venue for matches up to the quarter-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.

According to the report, the record improved the previous best set by the team when returfing Al Sadd Sports Club’s stadium in 2016 in 14 hours and 40 minutes.

The turf was planted at the Turf Nursery and took nine months to reach the optimum 14 millimetres in length, before it was harvested and transferred to the Khalifa International Stadium.

“We would like to congratulate our partners at Aspire Zone Foundation in laying the pitch for Khalifa International Stadium in the record time of 13 and a half hours,” Youssif Al Musleh, competition venues deputy executive director at the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, said.

“Khalifa International Stadium is a historic venue in the eyes of the local community and region, and the fan and player experience in 2022 will ensure that it becomes a memorable venue for the world when Qatar hosts the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

A short time-lapse video of the work can be viewed here.

Spartak Moscow Switch To SISGrass For World Cup

April 25, 2017/in Press Release/by Matthew Gibbs

Russian giants Spartak Moscow will make the switch from a natural pitch to a SISGrass hybrid surface ahead of the 2018 World Cup.

SIS Pitches previously designed and constructed a natural pitch at the Otkrytiye Arena in 2014, before completing work on four training pitches in September 2016.

From April 2017, SISGrass will be installed at the stadium as Spartak Moscow joins a number of other Russian stadiums that are having a hybrid pitch transformation.

The Otkrytiye Arena, one of twelve stadiums that will host matches at the tournament next year, will become the fourth high-profile stadium in the country to receive a SISGrass makeover.

SIS Pitches has installed a new SISGrass hybrid pitch at the Luzhniki Stadium, the venue of the opening ceremony and the World Cup Final.

The global pitch-specialists have also agreed deals to complete similar work at the Rostov Arena and the Baltic Arena, Kaliningrad, sealing a quartet of SISGrass projects.

Ilyas Kobal, SIS Pitches Eastern Europe Managing Director, said: “We are delighted to be installing the ever popular SISGrass at Spartak Moscow.

“We have developed a great working relationship with the club, as we do with all of our clients, especially after we previously installed the natural pitch.

“SISGrass will be present at four world cup stadiums and we are all excited ahead of the tournament next year.”

SISGrass is an advanced reinforced turf system featuring patented fibre injections, which offers increased pitch stability and delivers considerably more playing hours and recovers faster than natural grass surfaces.

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Qatar World Cup Stadium Claims Turfing World Record

Spartak Moscow Switch To SISGrass For World Cup

Qatar World Cup Stadium Claims Turfing World Record

Spartak Moscow Switch To SISGrass For World Cup

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Qatar World Cup Stadium Claims Turfing World Record

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