Artificial Turf

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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In 1965, the world’s first full enclosed sports facility, the Houston Astrodome, was opened to the public. The Astrodome itself was a marvel of engineering, but because it was enclosed, the grass that was initially planted soon died. It was replaced with artificial grass, which was basically a synthetic carpet that looked like grass but played and behaved totally differently. Today, the next generations of that artificial grass can be found in stadiums all over the world. Learn more about artificial turf, how it was created and improved over time on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Tourist Office of Spain Plan your next adventure at Spain.info Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 1965, the world's first fully enclosed sports facility, the Houston Astrodome, was open to the public.
0:07.0	The Astrodome itself was a marvel of engineering, but because it was enclosed, the grass that was
0:12.1	initially planted inside soon died. It was replaced with artificial grass, which was basically
0:18.2	a synthetic carpet that looked like grass, but played and behaved
0:21.5	totally differently.
0:23.1	Today, the next generations of that artificial grass can be found in stadiums all over the
0:27.7	world.
0:28.7	Learn more about artificial turf, how it was created and how it improved over time on this
0:34.0	episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
0:48.8	Music on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by the Up First podcast.
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