Alamodome Gets AstroTurf Conversion for Big League Weekend

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Source: AstroTurfSan Antonio, TX, March 26, 2013- The city that encourages us to remember is bringing together some notable icons of Texas baseball to host what should be a memorable Big League Weekend at the Alamodome. AstroTurf®, whose roots in Texas baseball go back nearly 50 years to the historic opening of the Houston Astrodome, will furnish San Antonio's showcase venue with a custom synthetic turf system designed specifically for the stadium's baseball conversion. Ryan-Sanders Baseball, a group founded in part by Baseball Hall of Famer and Texas legend Nolan Ryan, is responsible for running the event that will pit the Texas Rangers against the San Diego Padres in two exhibition games, March 29th and 30th.

Since it opened in 1993, the Alamodome has hosted its share of sporting spectacles, from Final Fours to NFL Football, professional bull riding to bowl games, NBA Champions to championship boxing. But it has yet to add baseball to its prolific resume of events, until now. In order to transform the behemoth into a Major League ready ballpark, the Alamodome has added dugouts, fencing, bullpens, and features a 133,000 square foot custom-made AstroTurf field.

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