Sports Surfaces and Stadiums

playrite Specialist Surfaces for Sport and Leisure Sports Surfaces and Stadiums -STATISTICS– DID YOU KNOW.. The highest tennis The most expensive court in the world is stadium in the world the Burj Al Arab's helipad, is New Jersey's MetLife: 693ft $1.6 billion above the Arabian Gulf Europe's largest Sheffield's Bramall Lane stadium is Camp Nou in is the oldest major stadium in the world, opened in Barcelona with a capacity of 99,354 1855 SIZE REGULATIONS FOOTBALL CRICKET Not all pitches are the same size, but they must measure between A cricket field is a large, rounded, grassy ground. There are no fixed dimensions for the field 90M & 120M but its diameter is generally in length and 45M & 90M 137M-150M in width. The penalty The pitch must be 20.12M x3.05M spot must sit 11M from the goal TENNIS HOCKEY A tennis court is A hockey field is 23.78M 91.4M x 55M long and with the goals measuring 8.23M 2.14M wide for singles, and in height and 10.97M 3.66M in width. The shooting circle is wide for doubles. The service line must be 6.4M 15M from the net from the base line ARTIFICIAL SPORTS SURFACES An artificial sports WEMBLEY The first FIFA WORLD CUP surface was first used is one of the pitches at the that sports a technology ASTRODOME that combines synthetic played on hybrid grass was in 2010 in in Texas in 1966 grass with natural South Africa turf The FA recently The first Synthetic pitches are declared that 3G pitches SUPER BOWL MANDATORY will be allowed played on artificial grass for all international in every round of the FA Cup from was in 1971 between field hockey the Baltimore Colts tournaments 2015 and Dallas Cowboys The largest indoor sports surface in Asia is in Bangladesh, and was created by UK MANUFACTURER PLAYRITE Playrite also manufactured the biggest indoor artificial surface in Europe, which is located in NORTHERN IRELAND For more information about artificial sports surfaces visit www.playrite.co.uk plavrite Specialist Surfaces for Sport and Leisure Sources stadiumguide.com wembleystadium.com news.bbc.co.uk englandhockey.co.uk