…Literally. Grass, dirt, dust, all becoming a thing of the past for more and more stadiums across the country. The Ravens in Baltimore were one of the first recent teams to come on board with artificial turf, and more have followed suit.
Aside from pro-football teams deciding that their stadiums need to be updated, the collegiate games are now starting to have this discussion as well. This past season, football teams tore apart fields during the Capital One Bowl and the Champs Sports Bowl. It takes months for those fields to be grown back into perfect playing order and during that time not much else can be done on the field while it grows.
During the month of June, it has been decided by the Orlando City Council that the Citrus Bowl will be in talks to get artificial turf installed by the fall. The date was to be set for September 1st and just in time for the 2010 football fall schedule. However there are some legal issues that will undoubtedly push the date back, the community is deadset on installing brand new artificial turf to play on. They have decided that since other stadiums have been destroyed by harsh bowl games, they would like to get out in front of this issue and stick with artificial turf, being that it’s strong and can handle harsh treatment.
Do you agree that more stadiums should install artificial turf for all year play ability?
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