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Makers of Astro-Turf Going Out of Business
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| 2/18/04
Posted on 02/18/2004 12:10:46 PM PST by Dane
Makers of Astro-Turf Going Out of Business
The makers of AstroTurf have filed for Chapter Eleven bankruptcy protection and reportedly will soon go out of business.
The filing by Southwest Recreational Industries marks the climax of a long decline for the Leander, Texas-based company that once dominated the artificial turf industry.
The bankruptcy casts uncertainty over projects scheduled across the country -- including a turf replacement at the Metrodome in Minneapolis.
In its bankruptcy filing, the Austin-area company says it'll sell two small divisions that make portable sports flooring and equipment for volleyball, gymnastics and basketball.
Otherwise, S-R-I says it'll discontinue business in the next few weeks after it finishes projects already begun.
AstroTurf was developed for the Astrodome in 1966 by the Monstanto Company. S-R-I bought AstroTurf Industries in 1994 from the bankrupt Balsam Corporation in Saint Louis
TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: astroturf; bankruptcy; monstanto
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Astro-turf goes the way of the buggy whip. Another icon of the 70's disappears.
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posted on
02/18/2004 12:10:47 PM PST
by
Dane
To: Dane
Another icon of the 70's disappears
Now if Kerry would just do the same.........
To: Dane
Did Clinton junk his pickup truck?
To: Dane
The makers of AstroTurf have filed for Chapter Eleven bankruptcy protection and reportedly will soon go out of business. Apparently demand dropped off after Bill Clinton sold his El Camino...
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posted on
02/18/2004 12:22:47 PM PST
by
jellybean
(Taglines are easy...it's filling in the reply box that takes thought.)
To: Dane
Oh my! What will white trash around the great American landscape use on their front porches without "Astroturf"?
I'm buying a whole bunch up now, so that I'll have it for my flocks of pink flamingoes. They will stand on nothing else.
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posted on
02/18/2004 12:23:34 PM PST
by
blackdog
(Churchill si veveret, ad remum dareris!)
To: freedombird
LOL! Kerry is trying to make the statements he made about the military and veterans in the 70's to disappear, even though he still believes what he said in the 70's.
As for astro-turf, I say good riddance. Carter, astro-turf, and ABBA were the blight of the 70's.
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posted on
02/18/2004 12:23:51 PM PST
by
Dane
To: Dane
So what is Bill Clinton going to put in the back of his El Camino now?
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posted on
02/18/2004 12:24:43 PM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: Dane
Speaking at a General Motors plant in Shreveport, La., Clinton talked about that pickup back in Arkansas. "When I was a younger man and had a life, I owned an El Camino pickup in the '70s. It was a real sort of Southern deal. I had Astroturf in the back. You don't want to know why, but I did." End of an era indeed.
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posted on
02/18/2004 12:25:06 PM PST
by
Yo-Yo
To: Dane; dubyaismypresident
Astroturf? You know who's responsible for that, don't you?! The Jews! Ah, the Jews hate grass. They always have, they always will. Not that there is anything wrong with that....!
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posted on
02/18/2004 12:29:13 PM PST
by
hobbes1
(Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: jellybean; Jack Wilson
Damned, you beat me.
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posted on
02/18/2004 12:29:57 PM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: Dane
It was all over when they couldn't get the contract for Joe Biden's head.
To: Dane; Hegewisch Dupa; metalboy; camle; 1Old Pro; Zack Nguyen; Semper Paratus; CatoRenasci; ...
Makers of Astro-Turf Going Out of BusinessWell, great!
If it weren't for Astroturf, Pete Rose would have actually never been considered for any accolades or The Hall of Fame!
Punkely, banjo-hitter, slimeball, gambling weenie, Pete Rose had so many of his dribblers up into the outfield gaps turned from regular singles into doubles and triples because of Astroturf!
Far out!
Pete, you and Astroturf are PAST TENSE!!!!!
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posted on
02/18/2004 12:32:53 PM PST
by
thesummerwind
(Like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flyin' by)
To: Dane
"AstroTurf was developed for the Astrodome in 1966 by the Monstanto Company. S-R-I bought AstroTurf Industries in 1994 from the bankrupt Balsam Corporation in Saint Louis"
Tossed around like a hot potato. Doomed..
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posted on
02/18/2004 12:36:34 PM PST
by
Monty22
To: Dane; Poohbah; Howlin; BOBTHENAILER; PRND21; Catspaw; brewcrew; Miss Marple
What a shame. Artificial turf was a nice thing for baseball, albeit not as good as the designated hitter.
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posted on
02/18/2004 12:37:02 PM PST
by
hchutch
("I never get involved with my own life. It's too much trouble." - Michael Garibaldi)
To: thesummerwind
Don't remind me...man, those cookie-cutter stadiums of the 70's with astro-turf were the worst...
My son and I went to PNC back 2001 and saw Tony Gwynn play, fun time there...
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posted on
02/18/2004 12:41:38 PM PST
by
dakine
To: Dane
There are other companies that make an artificial turf playing-field surface - but not by the trade name of AstroTurf. I b'lieve the field in Tejas Stadium in Irving is made by one such company. There will always be a market for the stuff...
Michael
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posted on
02/18/2004 12:41:39 PM PST
by
Wright is right!
(It's amazing how fun times when you're having flies.)
To: Dane
As for astro-turf, I say good riddance. Carter, astro-turf, and ABBA were the blight of the 70's.Not to mention leisure suits, disco, the Bee Gees, Captain and Tenille, and fondue.
To: Dane
Because
this stuff is much better.
To: Dane
"Makers of Astro-Turf Going Out of Business"
Headline should read:
Makers of Astro-Turf Going Out of Business George Bush found to be the reason. He sent the company to India and it went to HECK in a hand basket.
To: dakine
You 'da MAN!
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posted on
02/18/2004 12:53:12 PM PST
by
thesummerwind
(Like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flyin' by)
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