Carol Carder, “From landfill to athletic fields,” in Rocky ...
Dated: March 10, 2008
NFL’s 31 PLAYING SURFACES
compiled by
Guive Mirfendereski
The playing surface at these 13 venues is artificial turf:
Qwest Field (Seattle Seahawks) – open air
Ford Field (Detroit Lions) - indoor
M&T Bank Stadium (Baltimore Ravens) – open air
Georgia Dome (Atlanta Falcons) - indoor
RCA Dome (Indianapolis Colts) - indoor
Edward Jones Dome (St. Louis Rams) - indoor
Paul brown Stadium (Cincinnati Bengals) – open air
Giants/Meadowland Stadium (New York Giants/Jets) – open air
Superdome (New Orleans Saints) – indoor
Texas Stadium (Dallas Cowboys) – open roof
Metrodome (Minnesota Vikings) – indoor
Ralph Wilson Stadium (Buffalo Bills) – open air
Gillette Stadium (Foxboro: New England Patriots) – open air
Planned venues
Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis Colts) will open in 2008 and will have retractable roof and artificial turf playing surface.
Dallas Cowboys Stadium will open in 2009 and will have a retractable roof and synthetic playing surface.
The playing surface at these 18 venues is natural grass: (unless indicated the venues are open air)
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Bank of America Stadium (Carolina Panthers)
University of Phoenix Stadium (Arizona Cardinals) – retractable roof, roll-in grass field
Alltel Stadium (Jacksonville Jaguars)
Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego Chargers)
Invesco Field (Denver Broncos) – synthetically enhanced grass
FedEx Field (Washington Redskins)
Reliant Stadium (Houston Texans) – retractable roof
Monster Park (San Francisco 49ers) – converted from artificial turf.
Lambeau Field (Green Bay Packers) – synthetically enhanced grass
Dolphins Stadium (Miami Dolphins) – has Prescription Athletic Turf, $1 million drainage
system that allows 3 inches of rainfall in an hour to drain within 30
minutes, resulting in a firm and dry playing grass surface
LP Field (Tennessee Titans)
Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia Eagles) – synthetically enhanced grass
Arrowhead Stadium (Kansas City Chiefs) – converted from artificial turf
Soldier Field (Chicago Bears) - went from grass to artificial turf back to grass
Cleveland Browns Stadium
Heinz Filed (Pittsburgh Steelers) – synthetically enhanced grass
McAfee Coliseum (Oakland Raiders) -
Trends
There are more natural grass fields in the NFL than artificial turf. In the last decade or so, there have been three conversions from artificial turf to natural grass (Chicago, Kansas City, San Francisco), which involved the old generation of artificial turf. The conversion by the New England Patriots from natural grass to artificial turf in December 2006 and the turf surfaces planned for the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium and Lucas Oil Stadium (Colts) would not suggest a trend toward natural grass. The Giant Stadium, on the other hand, is thinking of going back to natural grass (see MLS trends) and may give natural grass a slight advantage as far as trends may go. The synthetically enhanced grass technology and Prescription Athletic Turf drainage systems may well help promote the retention or even new installation of natural grass in many venues, where the field use is limited to one or two sports. On the other hand the roll-in grass technology (Arizona Cardinals) may allow for a natural grass surface that can be removed for other activities when needed. The trend in planning new venues is toward retractable roofs, which could promote the installation of natural grass because the roof can open to allow sunlight and rain and it can be closed to prevent flooding and other adverse climate conditions that can affect the field as well as spectator comfort. It is not necessarily inevitable that indoor venues that replace the old ones should have to have artificial turf surfaces.
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