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Recent Event
2024 Sports Turf Field Day
The Alabama Turfgrass Association’s 2024 Sports Turf Field Day was hosted by The Hoover Metropolitan Complex on July 12th.
Our speakers provided a great program. Mark Langner spoke on “Planning and Unplanned Renovations.” Jon Dewitt and Drew Charcandy were present to speak about the BryantDenny Field Renovation and brought the engineer who helped plan the renovation, Zach Plum, PE, along to explain their strategy. Tom Shannon spoke on Irrigation Technology. Glenn Lucas and Bill Marbet gave an entertaining presentation, “From SEC to Bull Riding, Changing the field for every event!” And speaking of bull riding… hold that thought !
Host, James Young, gave a field tour and explained how the Hoover Met operates. The facility hosts a wide variety of events. “The Met” is a baseball stadium that has been transformed for sporting events such as football, soccer, and beach volleyball. The field can also be set up for concerts, clinics, and more. It is home to the SEC Baseball Tournament that features the top 12 teams from the Southeastern Conference and draws more than 100,000 fans each year. The Met is also the home field for the Hoover High School Buccaneer football team - AHSAA 2014 7A State Champions. And it just so happened that the Met had just hosted a rodeo, complete with bulls. They were in the process of clearing up when we made the tour. The Hoover Metropolitan’s versatility is impressive.
Thank you to our hosts, James Young and Rick Norris.
Thank you also to our sponsors who make this event possible.
