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{{Short description|Brand of artificial turf used for athletic playing fields}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox brand | name = FieldTurf | logo = Fieldturf brand logo.png | logo_size = | image = JMU Bridgeforth Fieldturf.JPG | image_upright = | alt = | caption = FieldTurf at [[Bridgeforth Stadium]] at [[James Madison University]] on May 7, 2007 | producttype = [[Artificial turf]] | currentowner = [[Tarkett]] | producedby = | country = <!-- or: origin --> | introduced = {{start date and age|1988}} | discontinued = | related = [[AstroTurf]]<br>[[Poly-Turf]] | markets = | previousowners = | trademarkregistrations = | ambassadors = | tagline = | website = {{URL|https://fieldturf.com/|fieldturf.com}} | module = <!-- or: misc --> | module1 = <!-- or: misc1 --> | footnotes = }} '''FieldTurf''' is a brand of [[artificial turf]] playing surface. It is manufactured and installed by FieldTurf Tarkett, a division of French company [[Tarkett]]. FieldTurf is headquartered in [[Montreal, Quebec]], Canada, and its primary manufacturing facility is located in [[Calhoun, Georgia]], United States. With a design intended to more accurately replicate real grass,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/articles/2005/10/16/magic_carpet/|title=Magic carpet|first=Amalie|last=Benjamin|date=October 16, 2005|access-date=November 5, 2017|newspaper=The Boston Globe}}</ref> the new product rapidly gained popularity in the late 1990s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/09/19/this_grass_is_greener/|title=This grass is greener|first=James|last=Whitters|date=September 19, 2004|access-date=November 5, 2017|newspaper=The Boston Globe}}</ref>
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