Its a different variety of turf but I haven't seen anything that demonstrably shows the use of it reduces incidents of leg and joint injuries. Haven't heard anything on it since they announced they would be switching.
Not something I would think they issue a press release about
Searching for used met life stadium turf when I came across this web site. The company installs turf fields at met life for soccer games. Its odd that if they can turf the field for soccer why not for football ? Don't think that helps with your exact question but I thought it was interesting that there already have a system for a turf field. Link - ( New Window )
Searching for used met life stadium turf when I came across this web site. The company installs turf fields at met life for soccer games. It's odd that if they can turf the field for soccer why not for football ? Don't think that helps with your exact question but I thought it was interesting that there already have a system for a turf field. Link - ( New Window )
Small world. When I was working I used to drive by that turf farm every week.
This was the last thing I remember seeing about it
Searching for used met life stadium turf when I came across this web site. The company installs turf fields at met life for soccer games. Its odd that if they can turf the field for soccer why not for football ? Don't think that helps with your exact question but I thought it was interesting that there already have a system for a turf field. Link - ( New Window )
That is interesting.
Whenever owners talk about conditions not being ideal for real grass, what they really mean is they don't want to hurt their bottom line.
just saw a post on reddit that says they completely removed the turf
Searching for used met life stadium turf when I came across this web site. The company installs turf fields at met life for soccer games. Its odd that if they can turf the field for soccer why not for football ? Don't think that helps with your exact question but I thought it was interesting that there already have a system for a turf field. Link - ( New Window )
That is interesting.
Whenever owners talk about conditions not being ideal for real grass, what they really mean is they don't want to hurt their bottom line.
Bingo. The League and the owners are so full of shit when they talk about player safety.
Searching for used met life stadium turf when I came across this web site. The company installs turf fields at met life for soccer games. Its odd that if they can turf the field for soccer why not for football ? Don't think that helps with your exact question but I thought it was interesting that there already have a system for a turf field. Link - ( New Window )
Wow. That's an interesting find. I had no idea this was a thing. So my first thought is, why not do that for every NFL game at Metlife?
Then I found this article from 2018 about laying down grass at Metlife for Wednesday soccer following weekend Taylor Swift concerts.
The pop star performed three consecutive nights at the New Jersey stadium last weekend, leaving grounds crew not much time to lay down grass over MetLife’s synthetic surface for Wednesday’s soccer game"
Article goes on to talk about how the field wasn't in good shape.
So one issue would be event schedule and timing to install and prepare grass.
Then I found this article from 2022 about cost comparison:
Well, if artificial fields are so much worse than natural ones, why do so many teams use them? In short, there’s really not a good reason. The main reason, I would argue, is that it’s a symptom of teams caring more about profit than players.
Turf fields cost $750,000 to $1,350,000 to install, and $6,000 to $10,000 per year to maintain. Meanwhile, a grass field costs $400,000 to $820,000 to install and requires $18,000 to $44,000 of maintenance per year. Generally speaking, in a 10 year lifecyle, grass fields actually cost $400,000 to $500,000 less than artificial turf.
So how can using turf fields be about profit? It’s all about utilization time.
Admittedly, that’s a huge concern for an NFL venue. After all, if your team doesn’t make the playoffs, they’ll only be using your field 8 or 9 times per year. So if you want to have a profitable stadium, you’ve got to fill some of the 356 other days of the year with things like concerts, campaign rallies, trade shows, facility tours, and even golf courses.
But all of those other things, added on to the football schedule, can be pretty darn hard on natural grass. And there’s the big difference. Where a grass field can be utilized for about 800 hours per year without serious damage, an artificial turf field can withstand about 2,800 hours of punishment per year. And that’s a lot more money made; far more than the (by NFL standards) pocket change level difference in installation and maintenance costs.
Those costs are for permanent install, not a per-game install, but still, puts it in perspective. Considering what good players cost per game that doesn't seem impossible to do.
And there is this, talking about bids to host 2026 world cup:
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That is interesting.
Whenever owners talk about conditions not being ideal for real grass, what they really mean is they don't want to hurt their bottom line.
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Searching for used met life stadium turf when I came across this web site. The company installs turf fields at met life for soccer games. Its odd that if they can turf the field for soccer why not for football ? Don't think that helps with your exact question but I thought it was interesting that there already have a system for a turf field. Link - ( New Window )
That is interesting.
Whenever owners talk about conditions not being ideal for real grass, what they really mean is they don't want to hurt their bottom line.
Bingo. The League and the owners are so full of shit when they talk about player safety.
Wow. That's an interesting find. I had no idea this was a thing. So my first thought is, why not do that for every NFL game at Metlife?
Then I found this article from 2018 about laying down grass at Metlife for Wednesday soccer following weekend Taylor Swift concerts.
https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/soccer/ny-sports-metlife-taylor-swift-field-20180726-story.html
Article goes on to talk about how the field wasn't in good shape.
So one issue would be event schedule and timing to install and prepare grass.
Then I found this article from 2022 about cost comparison:
https://www.milehighreport.com/2022/10/1/23381619/time-for-turf-to-wave-the-white-flag-in-nfl-stadiums
Turf fields cost $750,000 to $1,350,000 to install, and $6,000 to $10,000 per year to maintain. Meanwhile, a grass field costs $400,000 to $820,000 to install and requires $18,000 to $44,000 of maintenance per year. Generally speaking, in a 10 year lifecyle, grass fields actually cost $400,000 to $500,000 less than artificial turf.
So how can using turf fields be about profit? It’s all about utilization time.
Admittedly, that’s a huge concern for an NFL venue. After all, if your team doesn’t make the playoffs, they’ll only be using your field 8 or 9 times per year. So if you want to have a profitable stadium, you’ve got to fill some of the 356 other days of the year with things like concerts, campaign rallies, trade shows, facility tours, and even golf courses.
But all of those other things, added on to the football schedule, can be pretty darn hard on natural grass. And there’s the big difference. Where a grass field can be utilized for about 800 hours per year without serious damage, an artificial turf field can withstand about 2,800 hours of punishment per year. And that’s a lot more money made; far more than the (by NFL standards) pocket change level difference in installation and maintenance costs.
Those costs are for permanent install, not a per-game install, but still, puts it in perspective. Considering what good players cost per game that doesn't seem impossible to do.
And there is this, talking about bids to host 2026 world cup:
https://www.lawnstarter.com/blog/sports-turf/us-world-cup-cities-natural-grass/
"Not expected to be a big deal"
Not cost prohibitive.
A company that already has experience installing per-game grass at Metlife.
I really wonder now, why this wasn't the choice.
Scheduling complications is the only thing I can think of.
Obviously something is going on
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My neighbor purchased sections of the old endzone on Marketplace. It is definitely ripped up.