You all set me straight about the basketball (though I really DO think that Spaulding should figure a different way of getting the point across), so I thought you might have some wisdom regarding this little oddity;
Yes, indeed, Friends and Neighbors – they’re WATERING the ARTIFICIAL field over at Local U. What’s up with THAT?!

They have to do that to cool it down and keep the dust down. Our turf actually has an irrigation system that runs underneath the surface.
Ooo! I was going to guess to keep the dust down. So proud of myself for being right.
Believe it or not, I was going to say the same thing: dust.
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I hope that it takes less water than actually growing grass.
Maybe it’s artificial water…
Too help the economy by paying a water bill?
lol @ fermat