Email following complaint about Toyota Stadium......very stand up!

[MontBison]

They have natural grass because the stadium is a soccer stadium. It was not built to host one or two football games a year, it was built to be the home of a Major League Soccer team. Soccer along with being hated by many on this board is also known for being a sport in which teams are VERY particular about playing on natural grass surfaces. Google soccer and artificial turf sometime, its comical how bent out of shape organizations get when having to play on turf, most refuse to do so.

Interesting that 4 MLS teams currently play on field turf....

[bisonaudit]

Interesting that 4 MLS teams currently play on field turf....

Only one of which is a soccer first facility.

[bandit218]

We need to find a darn Hort major to chime in!

I know Montana and Texas are different but one thing that doesn't change is ice killing turf. The thing we worry about on the golf course is ice and that's with grass varieties that can take the cold. From what the cab driver told me on the way to the airport, they had a solid weekend of freezing rain with covered everything with 3+ inches of ice. A lot of times you don't know if the turf is going to survive for a little while. On the golf course it comes down to the weather after the ice is gone. You obviously want the warmer weather. Another thing you can get is crown hydration which is a problem when you have a fully hydrated crown and it freezes. Think of a bottle of water that freezes and bursts. That is essentially what happens. Mother Nature is nasty when she wants to be.

[TBone]

The cab driver always has the goods. I hate crown hydration

[56BISON73]

I really dont see how this is so difficult. If they can keep outdoor concrete from freezing after its poured with industrial heaters they sure as hell should be able to keep a field from freezing with a tarp and said heaters.

[1998braves64]

I really dont see how this is so difficult. If they can keep outdoor concrete from freezing after its poured with industrial heaters they sure as hell should be able to keep a field from freezing with a tarp and said heaters.

You would think or at least to melt the ice off.. Most forecasts are marginally accurate these days, would have known that ice wasn't going anywhere soon. Could have used heat tarps on it to melt it off... May not be readily available in Texas but would only take a phone call and a day at most to get it shipped in. Again probably a cost thing that stopped them... But they lost a good chunk of reputation with the pasture like field.





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