The world discovered this week that the 2026 FIFA World Cup ultimate can be performed at MetLife Stadium and that grass can be put in to fulfill the necessities of a FIFA venue.
MetLife Stadium switched from UBU Velocity S5-M to FieldTurf Core HD earlier than the 2023 NFL season because of the rash of accidents incurred by gamers on the previous floor over the 14 years because it opened in 2010.
Now they must change to a pure floor, an concept that has been bandied about between the house owners of the Giants and Jets for fairly a while now.
Jets proprietor Woody Johnson informed reporters overlaying the Tremendous Bowl in Las Vegas this week that he and Giants proprietor John Mara focus on putting in a grass area “not less than as soon as per week,” per NJ Advance Media.
Johnson added that grass may very well be a problem, as a result of the stadium hosts so many occasions — and since two NFL groups share the open-air venue till not less than late December or early January, when the common season ends. And everybody is aware of what New Jersey’s climate could be like then.
Grass just isn’t optimum at MetLife, some of the well-liked venues in North America due to each logistics and the expense.
As acknowledged, the Northern New Jersey climate would actually put a damper on the trouble, which is without doubt one of the causes the groups opted for a synthetic floor to start with.
With two NFL groups taking part in on the floor — presumably on back-to-back days — and the entire different occasions that happen on the venue (soccer, faculty soccer, live shows, monster vans, wrestling, and so forth.) it might be a extreme problem to take care of a grass floor year-round.
A grass floor at MetLife full-time would possibly find yourself being extra unsafe than the present one they’ve in place.
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