Soccer + Football · Institutional

Synthetic turf soccer + football field construction.

Multi-use fields for school districts, youth clubs, municipalities, and private athletic facilities across the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Bonded. Insured. HUB Certified. Line-item scope. 4–6 week build. Soccer 11v11 / 9v9 / 7v7 + football yard lines inlaid at install.

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Typical scope: 70,000–230,000 sqft. Real institutional spec, every line called out.

15-year product warranty Fully insured Woman-owned HUB Certified BBB Accredited Family-owned in Aledo

A single field, two varsity sports — one capital line item.

A regulation high school soccer pitch is 110 × 70 yards. A regulation NFHS football field is 120 × 53.33 yards (plus end zones). Stacked, the two sports share a single oversized footprint — typically 210,000 to 230,000 square feet — with inlaid line markings for both. Soccer in spring and fall, football in fall, JV / practice / camp / club rentals in between, year-round.

For school districts that have been trying to schedule varsity football + boys soccer + girls soccer onto a single grass surface and watching the field degrade by week four of football season, a multi-use synthetic turf build solves the problem on day one. For youth clubs running 11v11, 9v9, and 7v7 programming, the same surface hosts all three with inlaid line stacks. For municipalities, the field opens a rental revenue line that returns the capital cost inside of three to five years.

For the full 17-step build sequence, materials walkthrough, and 2026 cost breakdown, read our soccer + football multi-use field deep-dive. Below is the conversation we have with athletic directors, club boards, and facilities GCs on the first phone call.

What an institutional Bearcat multi-use field includes.

Every soccer + football field bid we deliver is scoped at the line-item level. No "synthetic turf field, $X" one-liners. Owners see exactly what they are paying for and what is by-others before they sign.

Site preparation

Reinforced concrete perimeter

Continuously reinforced 4,000-psi concrete curb (12″ × 12″) around the entire field with composite turf-attachment nailer board on the interior face. Typical run on a single field: ~1,900 LF.

Drainage

Engineered collector + lateral system

18″ HDPE N-12 perforated collectors plus 12″ lateral feeders, washed #57 drain stone backfill, non-woven geotextile under-liner. Designed to evacuate 3-4 inches of rain per hour and return to playable condition within 30 minutes.

Base

Laser-graded 6″ drain stone base

6 inches of compacted #57 stone over the entire footprint, laser-graded to within ±0.05 ft on finished elevation. The base lasts 30+ years; the turf gets replaced in year 12-15 on the same base. Get this right once.

Player safety

20mm performance shock pad

Drops G-Max from 140-160 (no pad) into the 90-110 range. Non-negotiable for fields with youth athletes. Insurance underwriters and player-safety policy require it for competitive use.

Surface

Competition-grade turf system

Monofilament polyethylene, non-directional, 2.0″ pile, 46 oz face weight, 74 oz total, 15,800 linear density. Soccer 11v11 / 9v9 / 7v7 plus football yard lines inlaid at install in contrast colors.

Infill

Engineered infill system

Layered sand + crumb rubber (or organic alternative — coconut, cork, or coated sand) brushed in across 5-7 passes to manufacturer's target density. Infill choice affects heat, abrasion, and play characteristics.

QA + closeout

Independent G-Max + full document package

Third-party G-Max testing at 4-12 points on the finished surface. Warranty registration, as-builts, infill certs, maintenance manual delivered to owner. Test report is the baseline for future annual G-Max trending.

Owner enablement

Maintenance equipment + staff training

Tow-behind GreensGroomer with extension wings delivered to the owner at closeout, plus on-site training for grounds and athletic-facilities staff on weekly maintenance, seam inspection, and infill top-off.

2026 DFW cost ranges.

There is no honest one-number answer to "what does a soccer / football field cost." What you actually need is a per-square-foot range scoped against what is included. Here is what Bearcat is quoting in 2026:

Scope	Per sqft	What's included
Turf installation scope only	$8.50–$11.00	Concrete curb, drainage, drain stone, shock pad, turf, infill, testing, equipment. Subgrade by others.
Turf + standard subgrade	$10.00–$14.00	Adds typical site work for an unimproved Parker / Tarrant / Ellis / Johnson County site.
Full turnkey	$13.00–$22.00	Turf + subgrade + storm tie-in + fencing + lighting + accessories. Highly site-dependent.

Working example

A 200,000-square-foot soccer + football multi-use field at the turf installation scope lands between $1.7M and $2.2M. With site work and standard fencing / lighting added, the same field is typically $2.6M to $4.0M turnkey.

The cheap-to-do-right decisions are turf face weight, shock pad spec, and inlaid-line stack. The cannot-be-cheaped-out decisions are subgrade, drainage, and perimeter concrete. Those three failures destroy the field.

Why school districts and clubs hire Bearcat for these projects.

State of Texas HUB Certified. Historically Underutilized Business — woman-owned. Bid-ready for any school district, ISD, municipality, or public-sector project tracking diverse-vendor spend. Certification documentation provided up front.
BBB Accredited Business. Family-owned, 90% Lindsey Burns (CEO). Real business, real address, real warranty.
Bonds + insurance. Performance and payment bonds available at cost. Certificate of insurance naming owner / GC as additional insured. AIA G702-compatible payment-schedule structure for projects that require it.
Line-item scoped bids. Every proposal is 17 line items minimum, with quantities, materials, spec references, and an exclusions list. No "$X synthetic turf field" one-line bids. No surprises.
Coordinate alongside civil GC, electrical, fencing, lighting. We work inside multi-trade institutional construction every project. Used to slotting into school-summer install windows and tight punch-list timelines.
Approved-equal product flexibility. Where manufacturer brand names are referenced in the design basis, we provide products that meet or exceed listed performance criteria. Substitutions submitted for GC / Owner approval before procurement.

Where we build these fields.

Bearcat is based in Aledo and works soccer and football field projects across the entire Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Active and recent project geographies include:

Tarrant County: Fort Worth, Southlake, Colleyville, Grapevine, Keller, Westlake, Arlington, Mansfield, Trophy Club, Roanoke, North Richland Hills, Burleson, Benbrook.

Parker County: Aledo, Willow Park, Hudson Oaks, Weatherford, Annetta, Granbury.

Dallas County and east: Dallas, Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Allen, Richardson, Rockwall, Heath, Midlothian, Waxahachie, Cedar Hill.

For school district summer install windows: get on the list by March if you want a finished field before fall sports.

Ready to scope a field?

Send us your site plan, programming requirements, and timeline. We will reply within one business day with a line-item proposal you can take to a board, a building committee, or a GC partner.