Editing AstroTurf (section)

===1970s===
[[File:LouBrockstealing.jpg|thumb|AstroTurf installed at [[Busch Stadium II|Busch Stadium]] in St. Louis (photo taken in 1975)]]
[[File:Barry Larkin playing for Cincinnati in Riverfront Stadium in 1990.jpg|thumb|[[Cincinnati Reds]] shortstop [[Barry Larkin]] playing on AstroTurf at [[Riverfront Stadium]], October 1990]]
[[File:Manningcoltspackers2004.jpg|thumb|The [[Indianapolis Colts]] lining up for a play (on AstroTurf) against the [[Green Bay Packers]] in 2004 at the [[RCA Dome]]]]

'''1970'''
* The [[1970 World Series]] is the first with games on AstroTurf (previously installed at Cincinnati's [[Riverfront Stadium]]), as the Reds play the Baltimore Orioles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/yr1970ws.shtml|title=1970 World Series by Baseball Almanac}}</ref>

'''1971'''
* The [[Canadian Football League|CFL]]'s [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] install AstroTurf at their home stadium, [[Ivor Wynne Stadium]], in preparation for hosting the [[60th Grey Cup|Grey Cup game the following year]].

'''1972'''
* The [[Kansas City Chiefs]] home field of [[Arrowhead Stadium]] and the [[Kansas City Royals]] home field of [[Kauffman Stadium|Royals Stadium]] (now Kauffman Stadium) open in Kansas City, Missouri, with AstroTurf playing surfaces.

'''1973'''
* The [[Buffalo Bills]]' home field of [[Highmark Stadium (New York)|Rich Stadium]] (later Ralph Wilson Stadium, and then Highmark Stadium) opens in Orchard Park, New York, with an AstroTurf playing surface.

'''1974'''
* The [[Miami Dolphins]] face the [[Minnesota Vikings]] on AstroTurf (the first Super Bowl played on the surface, but not the first to be played on artificial turf; that was Super Bowl V (in 1971) with [[Poly-Turf]]) in [[Super Bowl VIII]] – [[Rice Stadium (Rice University)|Rice Stadium]], Houston, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/turftalk |title=Turf Talk with Archie Pt.1|work=FOX Sports |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070225015733/http://msn.foxsports.com/turftalk |archive-date=2007-02-25 }}</ref>

'''1975'''
* The first international field hockey game is played on AstroTurf at [[Percival Molson Memorial Stadium|Molson Stadium]], Montreal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://football.ballparks.com/CFL/Montreal/veryoldindex.htm|title=Percival Molson Memorial Stadium}}</ref>