They have a whole process. But one thing is that they run pipes under the turf

Nov 14, 2023
11:32:05pm

A Drew Aitch All-American

That heat the turf. So year round the turf is at optimal temperature. The players are never playing on a frozen field.

Broncos Stadium at Mile High Turf Conditioning | Mechanical & plumbing | REHAU

A hydronic turf heating system with controls for freeze protection and around-the-clock monitoring of the natural grass root zone temperature.

https://www.rehau.com/us-en/broncos-stadium-at-mile-high

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Broncos replacing Grassmaster system | SportsField Management

The Denver Broncos will be playing on real grass, instead of a synthetic-grass blend, next season at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Team officials

https://sportsfieldmanagementonline.com/2015/02/24/broncos-replacing-grassmaster-system/6821/

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tkh9

11/14/23 10:22pm

Funny thing is, after all those glowing articles about the new turf...

BlueBlood

11/14/23 10:32pm

Agreed. It was a mess until year 2.

tkh9

11/14/23 10:33pm

Seemed like sod didn’t have time to root. Like they did it in Aug

CorndogStickshift

11/15/23 11:04am

They need to do what the broncos did with their field. I know it cost a bunch

A Drew Aitch

11/14/23 11:15pm

What did the Broncos do?

BlueBlood

11/14/23 11:28pm

They have a whole process. But one thing is that they run pipes under the turf

A Drew Aitch

11/14/23 11:32pm

I'm pretty sure that our turf is heated. Or my memory is slipping in my old age.

CougarScrub

11/15/23 6:39am

Nope. We tarp the field every night when it starts to freeze.

buhlcougar

11/15/23 6:45am

The baseball field is heated.

tkh9

11/15/23 8:20am

Painted their fake turf blue.

Les IsMore

11/15/23 2:29pm

Time to remove it again

Big-Q

11/15/23 7:24am

But more injuries. Players overwhelming prefer real grass

runnincoug

11/15/23 7:25am

Seems like Saturday the players preferred it slipping all over the field.

Big-Q

11/15/23 8:39am

how new are these new turfs? Research completed in 2020 indicated more injuries

runnincoug

11/15/23 8:56am

it depends on who is paying for the study. Here's what the NFL says per Titans

Best Guess

11/15/23 3:33pm

Funny--seems almost everyone except the administration want grass at Ohio State

Buckeye

11/15/23 10:30am

Absolutely not.

Senora Featherbottom

11/15/23 1:54pm

My cousin was studying landscape management at the time and

CougaRR4L

11/15/23 11:53am

They haven’t replace it since then? The first year on this grass was a disaster!

Shawarma

11/15/23 4:28pm

How does the grass even recover from use late in the season?

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