A lot of the higher end stadium in Europe (at least in the UK) use a combination of grass and artificial turf. To simplify it, they basically weave small amounts of fake grass in to support the natural grass. It allows the pitches to stay in top shape despite heavier use
The Broncos Have NEVER played on turf at either stadium they played in. Also, for the stadiums already built, it'd be very complex to build a wheel in contraption for a grass field.
Yeah as long as I can remember it's always been grass although last time I was there in 2007 I took a tour and the grass was a hybrid with threads of fake grass but it was stitched alongside with natural grass and the soil was sand. Lots of science on that field but you guys are correct as it has never been 100% field turf.
It's possible to grow plants indoors with lighting that allow plant life to grow. No reason they couldn't do this with a grass field, I'm just guessing as I'm no expert. However it's obviously going to cost more.
M&T Bank Stadium had grass from when it opened in 1998 through 2002 and switched to Sportexe (now Shaw Sports) Momentum Turf in 2003 because they had problems with the grass in November and December when the sun angle is lower with the stadium design. Then the turf was upgraded to Momentum 51 in 2010. It wasn't until after Joe Flacco tore his ACL in 2015 that the stadium switched back to grass in 2016.
Why don’t the dome teams just put in a system of portable grow lights that they can use during the week for the grass? There shouldn’t be any reason to remove the field. Make the lighting removable.
@@vincentperez4653 what in the world are you talking about? That doesn’t preclude anything. If they’re going to have that kind of event they could protect the field. There are ways that are cheaper than making it removable.
Most stadiums in most European stadiums have always been natural grass. Colder countries like the Scandinavian ones are more likely to use turf than others, but grass is generally always used. In the top four divisions in England, grass is mandatory for example. When Harrogate Town's unexpected rise saw them before too long unexpectedly promoted to League Two (level 4, confusing I know!) they had to rip up the expensive 4G field turf or whatever it was called that they'd only installed a few years previous and install normal grass instead.
You mistakenly called Gillette Stadium, FedEx Field. When Gillette opened in 2002 it had a grass field with an elaborate heating system under the surface to allow the grass to continue to grow in Nov. & Dec. They did away with grass after a few years in favor of turf because they had so many problems with the grass field. Hopefully the technology has changed and they can go back to grass in the near future.
They switched it mid-season, which required the NFL to make an exception because under normal rules teams aren't allowed to change their surface type during the season. However, they had a game in the rain and it was extremely muddy and the field was in awful shape they decided they needed to make the switch mid season. I think they did the switch while the Patriots had a couple road games in a row.
Nissan Stadium switched to Matrix Helix turf this year, because it was hard to maintain grass late in the season cause of our climate. It has recently been causing injuries as well. They are using the state of the art turf that has gotten some good reviews by titans players.
In the Eastern and Central Time zones if you're north of say Atlanta the grass is dead by November because of the climate. It's very difficult and very expensive to maintain grass in those climates.
bro only like 2 European stadiums do the field lighting method u described; tottenham stadium which opened in 2019 & real madrid's renovated stadium tht hasnt even opened yet. since most european stadiums are as old as CFB stadiums, they just bring out rows and rows of orange lights at night. which btw; when are you gonna start reviewing european soccer stadiums? i would LOVE to see u talk about the stadiums in the UEFA Champions League this season (its basically a tournament of the 32 best european soccer teams each year. theyre about to change the schedule format to kinda be like the NFL of european soccer)
really? I'm convinced that he doesn't read the comments because he's repeated false information in his videos, despite people correcting him in the comments.
NRG Stadium used to have natural grass until 2015 when the switch to turf was made. The grass was apparently causing a ton of issues with the trays and seams which was causing injuries. Nissan Stadium just switched to turf for 2023. The new surface is Matrix Helix Turf with organic infill. It's the same surface that SoFi Stadium uses.
Wrong. Sonnyball: most stadium don’t even have grass and haven’t heard any of the travertine as comfortable with Louis. The tariff is why we don’t even know it has a gold paint on it and when he’s trash come up there of their nails in the turf, certain persons, don’t even like to run over they run around in circles and atorvastatin the right color.
Not in Pittsburgh, there was a year it rained also was high school championship week.Panthers and The Steelers were at home.The turf was horrible for saturday and sunday games almost nothing but dirt in the middle
@@ronkali5365 Yea , any grass field is going to be problematic with numerous games in a short span of time during perpetual rain , I’m just saying in a normal weather cycle of rainy days and sunny days over time Bermuda is the best surface ; the Chicago Bears discovered that last year when due to an early season game in a virtual monsoon and subsequent games in rainy conditions that made their field all but unplayable , they switched from “ Kentucky Bluegrass” to Bermuda and haven’t looked back since…
Giants Stadium had Astroturf from 1976-1999 which was replaced a few times, they went to grass in 2000 and removed it after the 2002 season it was always dead by November, the 2000 NFC Championship game the grass was almost brown, and the 2002 AFC Wild Card game there was big chunks of dead grass coming off the field during plays Peyton Manning even tripped over some of it.
I see Metlife being an issue with grass. Old Giants stadium had issues with the grass surface while they had it, especially seeing 16 games per year, compared to eight or nine for the rest of the league. Most of the stadiums that are already built cannot be rebuilt without radically undermining their foundations and existing infrastructure. Also, where would the teams play while stadiums are so radically altered? This isn't a matter of simply swapping out the playing surface. Also, JJ Watt noted that a badly maintained or laid down grass indoors would be worse that playing on modern turf.
Then the minute every NFL team that doesnt have real grass spends millions and millions of dollars to convert their field to real grass and making their roof retractable, someone invents an artificial turf thats exactly like real grass but no maintenance. 😂😂😂😂
Titans fan. We always had issues late in the season with our field holding up. There’s bowl games, etc, it gets a lot of wear. The 2023 season is the first year we have turf, but you’ll notice it has dirt instead of rubber
Natural Grass Field is just not made to hold up in cold weather NFL cities anymore than the dome stadiums. By the time late season comes - The grass turns into muddy slippery slush during the rain and snow and instantly increases the chances for major injuries. This is why Top Level Turf Field is actually safer in the cold climate states. Let the warm weather cities go with the grass. Here is your proof Turf Field holds up Better than most people give it credit for : ua-cam.com/video/NYlocVPlMoM/v-deo.html By the way - Most Turf Field stadiums always uses temporary grass field during the soccer events - So they are not likely going to have any problems during the 2026 World Cup.
The solution that Real Madrid have come up with is genius but would be massively expensive. Plenty of videos on here showing it, the field spilts into 8 sections that all stack underneath each other underground with plant lights to keep it growing
AT&T Won't be able to have a retractable grass field. The end zones are developed and have supporting columns inside them, there are also field level suites at each end. The stadium would need a massive and expensive renovation to even think of installing a tray for the grass, if it is even possible atall.
I think a lot of those roofed stadiums would have to wheel lights and sprinkers onto the field, or find a way to suspend them from the ceiling and have them raise/lower when needed. I think a lot of them might physically not have the room, or they were built structurally to where it prevents retrofitting a system like Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in place
I can see where teams could put in UV lightning system in the domes. They would have the regular LED stadium lights and also install UV lights and turn them on when not playing games.
Entertaining Vid. Few things: 1) Patriots play at Gillette stadium, not FedEx. 2) You can't just "add" a field that rolls outside. Would need to completely rebuild the stadium because a) many systems beneath the field need to be redesigned b) Requires >50m wide gap to roll out; that entire side of the stadium would need to be structurally redesigned. 3) Just saying "The roof opening is too small for this to be viable" (ATL, DAL) is lazy 4) Stadium grow lighting systems are very common, both for indoor & outdoor stadiums.
DeEsso Grassmaster surfaces. Brilliant surface. Means excavating up to 4 meters of material away, replacing it with 70% of the depth with sand for drainage. The next 20% has a 60/40 mix of sand and topsoil. Then the plastic element is added, finally the last 10% of soil at a 80/20 mix with sand. Then the pitch is seeded for 3 weeks. The grass is a 70% natural and 30% plastic mix. The grass is kept to a 15mm length for rugby and 12mm for football. The pitches have under soil heating as well. Cold weather stadiums will need that. That’s a cost of £35,000 per match in energy costs. Sun can be faked now. This is done via lights. A cost of about £5,000 a night. I’d suggest some of the new stadiums are going to have to have a Real Madrid/Tottenham solution in place. Or have a Allegiant solution in place. 4G parks/pitches are a work of art!!!
Well I went to a UNLV game today expecting to see that beautiful transported surface, but it was just regular old field turf as you said. I think the huge problem with MetLife is having 40 games a year on it. That’s why the Rebels play on turf I assume. They really should be able to manufacture turf that doesn’t cause injuries.
A few years ago players were saying all playing surfaces should be FieldTurf. There just needs to be a NFL. Carolina, Cincinnati and Houston use to have grass.
OK, so you mentioned FedEx field twice And I know the second time around you’re referencing Gillette and the New England Patriots . Are you really trying to screw with them?
As an Indy native, the fact of the matter is the Irsay family didn't really pay for Lucas Oil Stadium, the people of Indiana did and we will simply not pay for a new stadium when LOS isn't even 20 years old yet. Plus our winters here are brutal just like Minnesota, Detroit and Buffalo (which good for them for trying natural grass in the new stadium) but natural grass just simply will not work here, simply too cold for the grass to grow
Soldier Field had turf for years -- despite the fact that it's an outdoor field. Eventually, after some terrible injuries, they ripped it out and re-planted. The turf was cut up and turned into souvenirs. I have Soldier Field turf on a keychain in my collection of keychains.
Arizona always had grass and has a retractable field in State Farm stadium. Football season is perfect for grass. It’s the summers you have to worry about…
I've played on Solder Field before and I prefer Turf over the condition that field was in. Grass is perfect when done right, but if every team switched to the Bear's natural grass, i'd rather see them play on artificial turf.
I use to deliver to the Superdome in New Orleans. That field is the hardest thing ive ever walked on. Just walking the length of the field makes my feet and ankles hurt for days. Idk how you can play on it
Dallas should be able to move grass trays outside. Installation of that system is going to be expensive. Too bad the stadium would be absolute perfect if it could install grass for football games.
Some stadiums are multi use meaning hosting concerts events sporting game. High doubt they’ll keep it permanently because it cost lots of money to maintain it. My opinion every stadium should have retractable Grass.
A lot of these stadiums that are domed must host multiple events to recoup as much of the investment that in a lot of cases is taxpayer money. An NFL team only plays eight or nine home games and maybe a few playoff games. The rest of the calendar has to be filled with other events that can generate revenue. It would be cost prohibitive to have a grass surface in these stadiums. These stadiums also were never built to accommodate a natural playing surface since there has to be infrastructure to support that. The only way the Vikings for example were able to get taxpayer funding for a stadium was to make the stadium multipurpose and to be used throughout the year. It is not as simple as saying lets just switch to a natural playing surface it is more complex than that.
The NFLPA wants grass in every stadium, yet Soldier Field, which has a grass surface, has been deemed the worst field in the NFL, and sometimes unsafe. Because Soldier Field is so close to Lake Michigan, the water table is very high. So, sod cannot establish deep roots. Often, by the end of a game, the field looks like a tee-box on a golf course. Add to the mix that the Chicago Fire moved to Soldier Field, and that grass field is a disaster.
The Las vegas Raiders led the league in injuries and play on Grass. The Falcons had the lowest injury rate and play on turf. Euro stadiums play on grass because the Ball needs to bounce consistently. Playing soccer on turf and grass would be a big change. If you played Soccer on turf you wouldnt get nowhere near the injuries the nfl gets. Not sure why people keep pointing out euro stadiums. Also NFL teams build there teams around there field. The Steelers, Bears, Browns, and Ravens are known as defensive teams that run the ball and each plays on grass fields. Teams that play on Turf like the Rams, Saints, and Cowboys, are known for having faster speedier players who tend to get injured more running. A team like the 2000 rams is going to get injured more than the 2000 ravens because of the way they play. You can blame the Turf but its more of style of play. The ravens played defense and ran the ball while the rams ran all around the field. You cant blame the turf when every team plays a different style. 65% of college teams play on turf and ive never heard anyone in the ncaa complain. We should ask why nfl players and fans complain but the young guys trying to get drafted dont. People blame the AAron Rogers injury on turf but he was getting sacked and dont blame the Nick Chubb injury on the grass.
Solider Field in Chicago is the worst grass field because the City of Chicago Park district is in charge of maintaining it.....the Bears cannot move to Arlington Heights soon enough !!
I think I am right, but all first disivion European soccer leagues require natural grass. Fifa requires on any fields where Fifa competitions are held. The only variance might be some northern European stadiums where keeping a grass field November-March would probably be impossible.
So instead of playing the World Cup games at all these different stadium that need turf removed play at like the LA Coliseum instead of SoFi Stadium, and not play games at MetLife Stadium or AT&T Stadium use locations that have good grass
Sofi's field is not FIFA standard width. Sofi will have to take out some box seats to comply. Guess five billion dollars can't cover all contingencies. @@mattyg4186
The NFL will never get all of these trans to switch to all grass, they can push the outdoor stadiums to go to grass but good luck with places like: Dallas, New Orleans, Detroit, Minnesota, Tennessee new stadium, Indianapolis (which to correct you is a retractable roof & windows) getting real grass and if these stadium aren’t very old they would be speeding up the process of replacement which would be ridiculous and cost too much wether it’s ownership or the cities problems. Rodgers injury had nothing to do with the turf, and who cares if the US hosts the World Cup why is it being done in multiple cities instead of one stadium with real grass,
FedEx Field, home of the New England Patriots
When you shove a video out without double checking.
Ha the Patriots arnt even relevant anymore. Everyone owns them now 😅
A lot of the higher end stadium in Europe (at least in the UK) use a combination of grass and artificial turf. To simplify it, they basically weave small amounts of fake grass in to support the natural grass. It allows the pitches to stay in top shape despite heavier use
The Broncos Have NEVER played on turf at either stadium they played in. Also, for the stadiums already built, it'd be very complex to build a wheel in contraption for a grass field.
I was there in 2009 I know their field wasn't turf then.
It has never been artificial turf.
Wiki said it was turf but I don’t believe that I’ve watched once a year as a raiders fan they used to have a hybrid
Yeah as long as I can remember it's always been grass although last time I was there in 2007 I took a tour and the grass was a hybrid with threads of fake grass but it was stitched alongside with natural grass and the soil was sand. Lots of science on that field but you guys are correct as it has never been 100% field turf.
It's possible to grow plants indoors with lighting that allow plant life to grow. No reason they couldn't do this with a grass field, I'm just guessing as I'm no expert. However it's obviously going to cost more.
M&T Bank Stadium had grass from when it opened in 1998 through 2002 and switched to Sportexe (now Shaw Sports) Momentum Turf in 2003 because they had problems with the grass in November and December when the sun angle is lower with the stadium design. Then the turf was upgraded to Momentum 51 in 2010. It wasn't until after Joe Flacco tore his ACL in 2015 that the stadium switched back to grass in 2016.
Why don’t the dome teams just put in a system of portable grow lights that they can use during the week for the grass? There shouldn’t be any reason to remove the field. Make the lighting removable.
Exactly, that’s what stadiums in Sweden do to maintain their natural playing surface.
I was thinking the same. Just assemble a lighting system between games ….
Sofi had back to back Taylor Swift and Queen B concerts. Kroenke is not going to pass up that revenue stream.
@@vincentperez4653 what in the world are you talking about? That doesn’t preclude anything. If they’re going to have that kind of event they could protect the field. There are ways that are cheaper than making it removable.
Most stadiums in most European stadiums have always been natural grass. Colder countries like the Scandinavian ones are more likely to use turf than others, but grass is generally always used. In the top four divisions in England, grass is mandatory for example. When Harrogate Town's unexpected rise saw them before too long unexpectedly promoted to League Two (level 4, confusing I know!) they had to rip up the expensive 4G field turf or whatever it was called that they'd only installed a few years previous and install normal grass instead.
You mistakenly called Gillette Stadium, FedEx Field. When Gillette opened in 2002 it had a grass field with an elaborate heating system under the surface to allow the grass to continue to grow in Nov. & Dec. They did away with grass after a few years in favor of turf because they had so many problems with the grass field. Hopefully the technology has changed and they can go back to grass in the near future.
They need to be able to switch it out for soccer matches, so it depends if the revolution gets a new stadium and the other sporting event Gillette has
Yep. And he missed the mark on the broncos at mile high. There never had turf. There used to be grass at NRG and at Carolina.
They switched it mid-season, which required the NFL to make an exception because under normal rules teams aren't allowed to change their surface type during the season. However, they had a game in the rain and it was extremely muddy and the field was in awful shape they decided they needed to make the switch mid season. I think they did the switch while the Patriots had a couple road games in a row.
Denver has always been natural
9:47 the USFL New Jersey Generals are excellent at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey with New Jersey Giants
Nissan Stadium switched to Matrix Helix turf this year, because it was hard to maintain grass late in the season cause of our climate. It has recently been causing injuries as well. They are using the state of the art turf that has gotten some good reviews by titans players.
In the Eastern and Central Time zones if you're north of say Atlanta the grass is dead by November because of the climate. It's very difficult and very expensive to maintain grass in those climates.
If KC can make grass work, I don't see why Nashville can't make it work. Turf just looks so ugly.
Arrowhead actually switched to grass in 1994. Though in 2016 they installed a heating system underneath the field,.
Arrowhead has been using grass since the mid/late 90's
You said 2013
They took out the turf and went to a grass a year into Montana's residency there.
@RichV20
Sounds right
I didn't start seriously following the chiefs till I was 10 in 1997. But I also don't make easily debunked videos too
bro only like 2 European stadiums do the field lighting method u described; tottenham stadium which opened in 2019 & real madrid's renovated stadium tht hasnt even opened yet. since most european stadiums are as old as CFB stadiums, they just bring out rows and rows of orange lights at night. which btw; when are you gonna start reviewing european soccer stadiums? i would LOVE to see u talk about the stadiums in the UEFA Champions League this season (its basically a tournament of the 32 best european soccer teams each year. theyre about to change the schedule format to kinda be like the NFL of european soccer)
1:46 USFL Team in Dallas, Texas
Im convinced DG reads the comments for information for future videos.
really? I'm convinced that he doesn't read the comments because he's repeated false information in his videos, despite people correcting him in the comments.
NRG Stadium used to have natural grass until 2015 when the switch to turf was made. The grass was apparently causing a ton of issues with the trays and seams which was causing injuries.
Nissan Stadium just switched to turf for 2023. The new surface is Matrix Helix Turf with organic infill. It's the same surface that SoFi Stadium uses.
Wrong. Sonnyball: most stadium don’t even have grass and haven’t heard any of the travertine as comfortable with Louis. The tariff is why we don’t even know it has a gold paint on it and when he’s trash come up there of their nails in the turf, certain persons, don’t even like to run over they run around in circles and atorvastatin the right color.
NRG i heard the rodeo killed the grass when they had to remove and install multiple times
@ericbrett3444 wtf did you try to say?
WTF Broncos always had grass
Bermuda grass is the best grass to play football on , even in northern cold states…
Not in Pittsburgh, there was a year it rained also was high school championship week.Panthers and The Steelers were at home.The turf was horrible for saturday and sunday games almost nothing but dirt in the middle
@@ronkali5365
Yea , any grass field is going to be problematic with numerous games in a short span of time during perpetual rain , I’m just saying in a normal weather cycle of rainy days and sunny days over time Bermuda is the best surface ; the Chicago Bears discovered that last year when due to an early season game in a virtual monsoon and subsequent games in rainy conditions that made their field all but unplayable , they switched from “ Kentucky Bluegrass” to Bermuda and haven’t looked back since…
Giants Stadium had Astroturf from 1976-1999 which was replaced a few times, they went to grass in 2000 and removed it after the 2002 season it was always dead by November, the 2000 NFC Championship game the grass was almost brown, and the 2002 AFC Wild Card game there was big chunks of dead grass coming off the field during plays Peyton Manning even tripped over some of it.
3:37 USFL New Orleans Breakers Are Better at Mercedes Benz/Caesar Superdome
I see Metlife being an issue with grass. Old Giants stadium had issues with the grass surface while they had it, especially seeing 16 games per year, compared to eight or nine for the rest of the league. Most of the stadiums that are already built cannot be rebuilt without radically undermining their foundations and existing infrastructure. Also, where would the teams play while stadiums are so radically altered? This isn't a matter of simply swapping out the playing surface. Also, JJ Watt noted that a badly maintained or laid down grass indoors would be worse that playing on modern turf.
The grass at Giants Stadium was bad i think the shadows that the stadium cast blocked the sun out and killed it
11:56 The LA Rams are better at the Los Angeles Colosseum in Downtown and Los Angeles Galaxy FC are liking SoFi Stadium
What? Galaxy can't fill their 27K stadium. Sofi is 70K.
@@vincentperez4653 has MLS and NFL work together in one Stadiums
For domed stadiums would grow lights which would be lowered from the roof work?
Artificial turf has come a long way since the 60s. I'm sure they're figuring out how to make it even closer to real grass right now.
Doesn’t matter they have to change before World Cup. Soccer players have in their contract they won’t play on it for injuries.
Then the minute every NFL team that doesnt have real grass spends millions and millions of dollars to convert their field to real grass and making their roof retractable, someone invents an artificial turf thats exactly like real grass but no maintenance. 😂😂😂😂
Indianapolis is a retractable roof stadium.
He literally said that when he was going over it
Titans fan. We always had issues late in the season with our field holding up. There’s bowl games, etc, it gets a lot of wear. The 2023 season is the first year we have turf, but you’ll notice it has dirt instead of rubber
Natural Grass Field is just not made to hold up in cold weather NFL cities anymore than the dome stadiums. By the time late season comes - The grass turns into muddy slippery slush during the rain and snow and instantly increases the chances for major injuries. This is why Top Level Turf Field is actually safer in the cold climate states. Let the warm weather cities go with the grass.
Here is your proof Turf Field holds up Better than most people give it credit for :
ua-cam.com/video/NYlocVPlMoM/v-deo.html
By the way - Most Turf Field stadiums always uses temporary grass field during the soccer events - So they are not likely going to have any problems during the 2026 World Cup.
And the stadiums that do already have natural grass will probably prepare a new field anyway for the event and start over for the nfl season
Next rate all NFL Stadiums based on the playing surface
The solution that Real Madrid have come up with is genius but would be massively expensive. Plenty of videos on here showing it, the field spilts into 8 sections that all stack underneath each other underground with plant lights to keep it growing
Nobody is gonna buy into that plus it's too much of a henderance when hosting multiple events
AT&T Won't be able to have a retractable grass field. The end zones are developed and have supporting columns inside them, there are also field level suites at each end. The stadium would need a massive and expensive renovation to even think of installing a tray for the grass, if it is even possible atall.
I think a lot of those roofed stadiums would have to wheel lights and sprinkers onto the field, or find a way to suspend them from the ceiling and have them raise/lower when needed.
I think a lot of them might physically not have the room, or they were built structurally to where it prevents retrofitting a system like Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in place
I can see where teams could put in UV lightning system in the domes. They would have the regular LED stadium lights and also install UV lights and turn them on when not playing games.
0:53 USFL Pittsburgh Mauler at Acrisure Stadium with the Pittsburgh Steelers
Also seems like they could use grow lights in some of these domes
Entertaining Vid. Few things:
1) Patriots play at Gillette stadium, not FedEx.
2) You can't just "add" a field that rolls outside. Would need to completely rebuild the stadium because a) many systems beneath the field need to be redesigned b) Requires >50m wide gap to roll out; that entire side of the stadium would need to be structurally redesigned.
3) Just saying "The roof opening is too small for this to be viable" (ATL, DAL) is lazy
4) Stadium grow lighting systems are very common, both for indoor & outdoor stadiums.
If 16 year old potheads can figure how to grow grass indoors with lights I'm sure stadium engineers can figure it out
10:57 USFL Houston Gamblers, XFL Houston Roughnecks are very cool at NRG Stadium with the Houston Texans
New grass installed this past year in Denver
DeEsso Grassmaster surfaces. Brilliant surface. Means excavating up to 4 meters of material away, replacing it with 70% of the depth with sand for drainage. The next 20% has a 60/40 mix of sand and topsoil. Then the plastic element is added, finally the last 10% of soil at a 80/20 mix with sand. Then the pitch is seeded for 3 weeks. The grass is a 70% natural and 30% plastic mix. The grass is kept to a 15mm length for rugby and 12mm for football.
The pitches have under soil heating as well. Cold weather stadiums will need that. That’s a cost of £35,000 per match in energy costs.
Sun can be faked now. This is done via lights. A cost of about £5,000 a night.
I’d suggest some of the new stadiums are going to have to have a Real Madrid/Tottenham solution in place. Or have a Allegiant solution in place.
4G parks/pitches are a work of art!!!
Well I went to a UNLV game today expecting to see that beautiful transported surface, but it was just regular old field turf as you said. I think the huge problem with MetLife is having 40 games a year on it. That’s why the Rebels play on turf I assume. They really should be able to manufacture turf that doesn’t cause injuries.
So Aaron Rodgers will be the reason every NFL stadium will switch to grass 🤔
Also, where are they gonna wheel the grass in from in Indianapolis? There are places that surround the stadium, meaning no room whatsoever.
1:06 XFL Vegas Vipers are good at Allegiant Stadium
Raiders reserve their grass for NFL games. College and XFL play on Turf. Allegient has three surfaces grass, Turf and concert cement.
@@stevep8445 Cashman Field sucks
@@stevep8445 Nevadans get sunburns that lead to skin cancer or died from heatstrokes
8:50 we need XFL, MLS, MLR, USL and NWSL in Baltimore, Maryland
12:45 State Farm Stadium and Mullet Arena are better in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona
A few years ago players were saying all playing surfaces should be FieldTurf. There just needs to be a NFL. Carolina, Cincinnati and Houston use to have grass.
OK, so you mentioned FedEx field twice
And I know the second time around you’re referencing Gillette and the New England Patriots . Are you really trying to screw with them?
Mercedes Benz in Atlanta is hosting World Cup games so you have to wonder how they go to regular turf that quickly.
So how is the grass supposed to grow inside?
If it wasn't for Rodgers injury this video would not exist.
Is A&T Stadium even built like Allegiant Stadium to wheel the grass in?
Going to by a crying shame when all NFL fields have domes.
Hopefully not in ny lifetime.
We want, snow, sleet, rain, wind, cold, hot, you name it.
Exactly. It's not the same atmosphere without the weather.
As a soccer Fan, I hope every single NFL stadium goes to 100% Natural Grass.
As an Indy native, the fact of the matter is the Irsay family didn't really pay for Lucas Oil Stadium, the people of Indiana did and we will simply not pay for a new stadium when LOS isn't even 20 years old yet. Plus our winters here are brutal just like Minnesota, Detroit and Buffalo (which good for them for trying natural grass in the new stadium) but natural grass just simply will not work here, simply too cold for the grass to grow
Then how does it grow in Green Bay, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland?
Why doesn’t Soldier Field switch to Kentucky blue grass? I thought Kentucky blue grass is more suitable for regions with cold weather.
NRG stadium started out with grass but switched to turf a few years ago
The OP forgetting that these stadiums host multiple events
You're talking about Fed Ex Field while showing an image of Gillette Stadium.
Soldier Field had turf for years -- despite the fact that it's an outdoor field. Eventually, after some terrible injuries, they ripped it out and re-planted.
The turf was cut up and turned into souvenirs. I have Soldier Field turf on a keychain in my collection of keychains.
32 teams, full of millionaires. It's not like the money's not there. GO TO ALL NATURAL GRASS
Arizona always had grass and has a retractable field in State Farm stadium. Football season is perfect for grass. It’s the summers you have to worry about…
I've played on Solder Field before and I prefer Turf over the condition that field was in. Grass is perfect when done right, but if every team switched to the Bear's natural grass, i'd rather see them play on artificial turf.
7:14 I vote San Jose, California and give Santa Clara a year off
I use to deliver to the Superdome in New Orleans. That field is the hardest thing ive ever walked on. Just walking the length of the field makes my feet and ankles hurt for days. Idk how you can play on it
“Lumen Field ❌ Centurylink Field✅” - TDG
Is this video because of Rodgers?
Not me watching this at 4 am
Dude. Check your facts. Just to name a few mistakes. The Titans had natural grass until a few years ago. Houston’s NRG stadium also used to be grass.
Lucas Oil is not a “full dome” it has a retractable roof….
I swear, i see more injuries on fake grass versus real grass.
Dallas should be able to move grass trays outside. Installation of that system is going to be expensive. Too bad the stadium would be absolute perfect if it could install grass for football games.
Most of these stadiums will have grass for the 2026 World Cup. The question is will they keep it afterwards for the NFL
Some stadiums are multi use meaning hosting concerts events sporting game. High doubt they’ll keep it permanently because it cost lots of money to maintain it. My opinion every stadium should have retractable Grass.
A lot of these stadiums that are domed must host multiple events to recoup as much of the investment that in a lot of cases is taxpayer money. An NFL team only plays eight or nine home games and maybe a few playoff games. The rest of the calendar has to be filled with other events that can generate revenue. It would be cost prohibitive to have a grass surface in these stadiums. These stadiums also were never built to accommodate a natural playing surface since there has to be infrastructure to support that. The only way the Vikings for example were able to get taxpayer funding for a stadium was to make the stadium multipurpose and to be used throughout the year. It is not as simple as saying lets just switch to a natural playing surface it is more complex than that.
The jag-wires 😅
The NFLPA wants grass in every stadium, yet Soldier Field, which has a grass surface, has been deemed the worst field in the NFL, and sometimes unsafe.
Because Soldier Field is so close to Lake Michigan, the water table is very high. So, sod cannot establish deep roots. Often, by the end of a game, the field looks like a tee-box on a golf course.
Add to the mix that the Chicago Fire moved to Soldier Field, and that grass field is a disaster.
The Las vegas Raiders led the league in injuries and play on Grass. The Falcons had the lowest injury rate and play on turf. Euro stadiums play on grass because the Ball needs to bounce consistently. Playing soccer on turf and grass would be a big change. If you played Soccer on turf you wouldnt get nowhere near the injuries the nfl gets. Not sure why people keep pointing out euro stadiums. Also NFL teams build there teams around there field. The Steelers, Bears, Browns, and Ravens are known as defensive teams that run the ball and each plays on grass fields. Teams that play on Turf like the Rams, Saints, and Cowboys, are known for having faster speedier players who tend to get injured more running. A team like the 2000 rams is going to get injured more than the 2000 ravens because of the way they play. You can blame the Turf but its more of style of play. The ravens played defense and ran the ball while the rams ran all around the field. You cant blame the turf when every team plays a different style. 65% of college teams play on turf and ive never heard anyone in the ncaa complain. We should ask why nfl players and fans complain but the young guys trying to get drafted dont. People blame the AAron Rogers injury on turf but he was getting sacked and dont blame the Nick Chubb injury on the grass.
So chubbs injury.. we gonna blame the grass now?
Solider Field in Chicago is the worst grass field because the City of Chicago Park district is in charge of maintaining it.....the Bears cannot move to Arlington Heights soon enough !!
You are wrong about Empower field. The broncos have never had artificial turf in their history.
The Broncos field never had fake turf. It's always been grass.
I think I am right, but all first disivion European soccer leagues require natural grass. Fifa requires on any fields where Fifa competitions are held. The only variance might be some northern European stadiums where keeping a grass field November-March would probably be impossible.
So instead of playing the World Cup games at all these different stadium that need turf removed play at like the LA Coliseum instead of SoFi Stadium, and not play games at MetLife Stadium or AT&T Stadium use locations that have good grass
I agree Matty. @@mattyg4186
Sofi's field is not FIFA standard width. Sofi will have to take out some box seats to comply. Guess five billion dollars can't cover all contingencies. @@mattyg4186
FYI: Turf is grass. You are referring to artificial turf.
Nissan used to be Bermuda grass now its turf.
Turf is like carpet cleats gets stuck fall and break bones
Whatever you do, don’t show this video to the AVGN
FedEx Field Home of the New England pats wth
Jesus Christ does this guy ever edit a video? How many mistakes could be avoided?
Also jag-wires?
Please fix your video Gillette stadium is where the patriots play
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Kentucky’s Blue Grass Stadium uses Smurffur with a T19 ultra super-feel-plus.
No Denver stadiums always had grass
Most NFL uniforms are too clean in the 4th Quarter. Doesn't look right.
The JAG-WIRES huh??😂
I love turf
5:55 for the love of God proof your videos first
The NFL will never get all of these trans to switch to all grass, they can push the outdoor stadiums to go to grass but good luck with places like: Dallas, New Orleans, Detroit, Minnesota, Tennessee new stadium, Indianapolis (which to correct you is a retractable roof & windows) getting real grass and if these stadium aren’t very old they would be speeding up the process of replacement which would be ridiculous and cost too much wether it’s ownership or the cities problems. Rodgers injury had nothing to do with the turf, and who cares if the US hosts the World Cup why is it being done in multiple cities instead of one stadium with real grass,
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Broncos never had artificial turf bro
owners like because its cheap. Players hate it.
Ahh yes fed ex field
Home of the New England patriots
Empower field never had artificial turf.