In reply to: They didn't say. posted by G.K.Chesterton
I don't really care if we take out the field turf because I see the benefit to being able to host other events in the stadium, but we're not hosting anything but football during the fall. I don't see why we could not have grass for games. Come up with a system to overlay sod in July/August. Have backup ready in case it gets ripped up too much during the season.
We can afford it. We should do it.
They put down the interlocking plastic thingies to protect the grass and the Mets will be back out there playing baseball a few days later. ND could do the same. The turf is there at ND because our 3rd rate former coach claimed it would give him some sort of advantage.
ND never has any other events in the stadium in-season, though, so I don't see why it matters so much to have turf under the floor for those vs. grass.
Dead and Co last summer (I went to both and would feel bad if I messed up my favorite team’s field). The field looks great and perfectly playable for baseball let alone football.
(I say that as someone who once had to have a chipped tooth repaired after getting hit with a bad hop while playing shortstop on a poorly maintained field. As instructed, I had my glove down but the ball made an unexpected beeline to my face. Not as bad as the sizzling line drive that hit me directly in the eye socket while pitching. I wanted to keep playing until I saw the look on my brother’s face as he saw the aftermath. He told me to go in the house immediately and see my mother the nurse. I survived and got better at protecting myself as I got older, but I digress.)
By contrast, I recall how bad the field looked at Shea after an August 1992 Clapton/Elton John concert there, with completely dead grass where the main pathways were. That was the old technology in terms of protecting the grass. As you note, NDs events are nowhere near the football season, and in the case of graduation, involve a relatively small group walking on the field.
concert at Shea a week earlier during the 1992 season. I can’t help but feel partially responsible. At the 14 minute mark, the announcers discuss the visible damage and the effect on outfield play. That was the old technology.
charge) since he (and Garth Brooks) like it so much. Maybe they could split it!