Elizabethtown Sports Park

Angela Shoemaker for the New York Times

The Motz Group has begun working on a brand new 150-acre sports complex in Elizabethtown Kentucky. 
The new park, expected to open July 2012, will accommodate events and tournaments for many sports including football, soccer, baseball, softball, lacrosse, and field hockey.

As detailed in the New York Times article, "the 150-acre Elizabethtown Sports Park, set to open next summer, will have 12 baseball and softball diamonds, 10 natural turf soccer and football fields, 2 full-size synthetic turf fields and a diamond for physically disabled athletes. The sports park also includes powerful lighting, six concession buildings, pavilions to house meeting spaces and locker rooms, four playgrounds, Wi-Fi access so events can be viewed live on the Internet and a three-mile-long running and walking path that circles the complex."

"It will be one of the largest such complexes in the country, with the ability to host four- and five-day tournaments that will attract hundreds of teams and thousands of spectators from across the Southeast."

At 126,000 square feet each, The Motz Group will be building the two largest fields in the complex.  While these particular fields will be used for those needing open space and synthetic turf, their primary purpose is to serve as the championship fields for football and soccer tournaments.
SportGrass®, the system that The Motz Group will be installing, is made with premium monofilament fibers that provide the look and feel of natural grass.  The athletes playing on the SportGrass fields will experience safe conditions on a sure footed high performance turf system with superior playing characteristics. 
For more information on The Motz Group's Triple Play system or any of their other proven systems, contact Zach Burns at 513.533.6452 or info@themotzgroup.com. 

Talawanda High School

It's going to be an exciting new year for community members and students of Talawanda High School!  A brand new high school will be ready for use in January 2012 and a brand new synthetic turf field is ready for action.    

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The Motz Group, of Cincinnati, has just completed the installation of Talawanda's brand new 24/7® synthetic turf field.  


"The new TMG field at Talawanda will bring instant credibility to our sports programs and help to generate pride in our student-athletes and school district." Said Chris Weaver, Talawanda's Athletic Director. "Our community as a whole will benefit from the turf complex by offering additional outdoor space for a multitude of activities.  With the possibility of hosting many functions from groups outside of this area, this complex would provide new revenue and bring awareness to our community and what our school district has to offer."  

As this video outlines, the old natural grass field at THS was vastly overused.  Due to poor field conditions they were struggling to meet the needs of athletic, school and community organizations.  The field was in poor condition - and getting worse - with the amount of use Bower's field was getting.    

The Motz Group was the answer THS needed.  TMG's experienced, professional, and customer pleasing crew went to work for THS installing the unparalleled 24/7® synthetic turf system.  This new field answered THS's urgent need for an all weather, multi-use synthetic turf field.  The new field is safe, durable and ready for action.  No more mud baths during inclement weather, no more indoor practices because the field is saturated.  It's time to play ball on a consistent, long lasting, green, all purpose field!


Working with The Motz Group
When asked about deciding to work with The Motz Group, Weaver had no doubts.  "In my opinion the decision was easy, TMG is the best in the business when it comes to synthetic turf fields, and I knew based on past experiences that we wanted to work with TMG.  Their resume speaks for itself...... Everyone I have met and worked with from TMG on our project has been extremely professional and willing to go the extra mile to assist us in whatever our needs are.  Zach Burns has been my lead contact and I have enjoyed learning about the turf business through his vast knowledge and background of the industry.  

Other benefits that THS will experience: much lower maintenance costs, increased revenue as the field can be rented for events, less injury because the field is a consistent playing surface, less make up games due to inclement weather...the list goes on an on.  

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On the future

Weaver added "Last year alone we hosted over 50 different sporting events on our natural grass field, so my excitement for our new synthetic turf 24/7 system is beyond words.  Our student athletes and community deserve to have our outside classrooms match the excellence of our inside classrooms and I'm extremely proud to say that we will finally be able to provide this for them!"   

Contact Zach Burns, Vice President and Sales & Marketing Director,  at 513.533.6452 or info@themotzgroup.com for more information regarding 24/7® or any other of The Motz Group's other proven turf systems and services.