Earlier this 12 months, we discovered that MetLife Stadium would host the 2026 FIFA World Cup closing and {that a} grass discipline could be put in to satisfy FIFA’s enjoying floor standards.
So, if that’s the case, why can’t the New York Giants and New York Jets — who play their dwelling video games at MetLife — play on grass, too?
“We’re not there but.” Giants CEO John Mara informed reporters on the NFL Annual League Assembly on Monday when requested about altering the floor to grass.
“I need to get to the purpose the place the specialists can inform us that late within the season we are able to have a secure, playable grass discipline, and once we get to that time, then perhaps we’ll make the swap.”
One more reason is the groups simply invested in a brand new, extra player-friendly synthetic floor (FieldTurf Core HD) earlier than the 2023 season.
MetLife switched from UBU Pace S5-M on account of the unusually excessive variety of accidents incurred by gamers on the outdated floor over the 14 years because it opened in 2010.
On the Tremendous Bowl, Jets proprietor Woody Johnson mentioned that he and Mara spoke “as soon as per week” about switching to an all-grass discipline however the logistics and different feasibility elements, comparable to climate, weren’t of their favor.
MetLife Stadium is a year-round venue that hosts a myriad of enormous occasions starting from sporting occasions to world-class concert events and leisure. Sustaining a grass discipline could be be difficult underneath all of that use.