The world discovered this week that the 2026 FIFA World Cup ultimate will likely be performed at MetLife Stadium and that grass will likely be put in to satisfy 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 talk about putting in a grass subject “no less than as soon as every week,” per NJ Advance Media.
Johnson added that grass might be a problem, as a result of the stadium hosts so many occasions — and since two NFL groups share the open-air venue till no less than late December or early January, when the common season ends. And everybody is aware of what New Jersey’s climate might be like then.
Grass will not be optimum at MetLife, one of the common venues in North America due to each logistics and the expense.
As said, the Northern New Jersey climate would actually put a damper on the hassle, which is likely one of the causes the groups opted for a man-made floor to start with.
With two NFL groups enjoying on the floor — probably on back-to-back days — and all the different occasions that happen on the venue (soccer, faculty soccer, concert events, monster vans, wrestling, and so on.) it will 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.
Observe the Giants Wire Podcast:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts