I haven’t been involved long enough at CSS to follow the political spin on the current situation, so I thought I might add my experience and professional knowledge to the discussion and remain politically neutral. I work for one of the largest commercial landscape contractors in CA, so I know a little something about synthetic turf. If I tendered a bid for the installation of low-grade product to cover the 3-acre LZ, it wouldn’t be the $1.4M mentioned earlier, but it would push 7 figures. The idea of using “used turf” would save on those significant costs, but couple used turf with installation prep from inexperienced “free labor”, and it would likely last a season. Temperatures, wind, poor site prep and used turf would quickly expose the many seams of this DIY installation and these 3 acres of turf would be found in the AJX parking lot after the first big wind event. And don’t believe there is no maintenance in synthetic turf, especially with the weather we experience at the LZ. At best, this “used turf” scenario would be a short-lived solution to the problem. I’ll leave it there – not rumor, third-party information or hearsay – this is what my company does everyday. Won’t work here. Sorry.