The Turf at Dolphin Stadium

[OriginalCanesCanesCanes]

Doubt there’s a problem Saturday.

Very little rain in the forecast through the weekend.

 

[duke4heisman]

I know it needs sunlight but doesn't fresh sod need a lot of water to take root? I had to run sprinklers every day for about a week when I built my house. I have floratam, is this some kind of dry grass?

 

[88]

Aren’t there soccer stadium with similar roofs that bring the turf outside on a track for it to get proper sunlight?

 

[UMercury21]

Aren’t there soccer stadium with similar roofs that bring the turf outside on a track for it to get proper sunlight?

so, we just have to re-structure the stadium, that just got restructed, 1 year ago. sounds like it'll go over well.

 

[88]

Aren’t there soccer stadium with similar roofs that bring the turf outside on a track for it to get proper sunlight?

so, we just have to re-structure the stadium, that just got restructed, 1 year ago. sounds like it'll go over well.

I meant that these things are common with these types of stadiums and measures were taken to prevent it. I don't even think it'd be possible at Hard Rock

 

[Awsi Dooger]

It's a patched stadium. The engineers were guaranteed to bungle something. I posted that prior to day one of this latest patchwork.

The blunders happened to be air flow -- which was beyond predictable -- and chunky turf, which I did not forecast.

It can't be understated how incompetent our field situation is. I traveled for three weeks beginning with the Duke game, and took in 3 other college games at various southeastern sites after that Duke game. When I was sitting in the stands and congratulating the fans at those venues on their field conditions they thought I was joking...until I described the reason for it and told them to look up Miami's field and read the complaints about it. Quickly they understood.

It was a disaster last season also. Don't kid yourself. There were sod crews out in force every game. But the Dolphins took the brunt of it, not the Canes. There were more back to back weekends and the Sunday version was borderline unplayable. That's why the Canes are despised on Dolphin forums right now. Every time the topic of the field shows up on Dolphin sites the fans call for the Canes to be evicted or find their own place.

This season it got so bad on Finheaven that the stickied Hard Rock renovation thread turned into nothing but a complaint about the field thread. So they started a new thread that deals exclusively with the disastrous field. Right now the renovation thread is completely dormant while the field condition thread is swarmed every week.

Keep in mind we have the best stadium in the country. I have to howl every time I read that claim, and it's serious.

Field turf worked at Duke and didn't look bad. It is actually amazing how much their athletic facilities have been upgraded since the last time I visited in 2013. They had the space for it and really took advantage, including the new upstairs Duke Hall of Fame adjacent to Cameron Indoor. North Carolina is obviously desperate to keep pace because they have torn up the entire midsection of their athletic grounds while building new facilities.

Ross can't go to field turf because the top soccer programs won't stand for it. Those games would be played elsewhere and revenue lost. Note the widespread complaints when Canada hosted the women's World Cup a couple of years ago and field turf was used at most sites. It was considered an experiment, and one that failed. The reviews were horrendous and the men's game took notice.

 

[Colombie]

https://weather.weatherbug.com/weather-camera/?cam=PROPL

The field looks pretty good at the moment.

 

[Hurracanes]

Looks like a small shower may have just hit the stadium. Pretty ridiculous that we are worrying about turf.

 

[Canedog]

Da field should be just fine for da *** kicking Canes fittin to give Hokie tonight.

 

[Morey161]

Looks like a small shower may have just hit the stadium. Pretty ridiculous that we are worrying about turf.

The games 11 hrs away. Plenty of time to dry out

 

[umhurricane2511]

Guess we spent all our money and couldn’t afford any tarps

 

[QuattroCane]

Guess we spent all our money and couldn’t afford any tarps

Tarp on a football field because of rain...that's a new one.

 

[zipcode]

They are tearing up the field again this morning.

 

[skyman]

They are tearing up the field again this morning.

Lol.. what a disaster..

God bless them tho.. they must be trying everything in their power to get this fixed. How embarrassing to go from one of best fields in America to chewed up crap weekly

 

[ScubaCane]

They are tearing up the field again this morning.

 

[BiltmoreCANE]

This sucks, I bet it’ll be about the quality of the cuse game.


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[AUcane]

jeezus, why are they tearing up the field again? At least we'll get first crack at the field over the fins.

 

[zipcode]

With a 50% chance of rain on Saturday, it could be another messy field.

Does anyone know the Dolphins’ long term plan for the field? I think this will be the 5th time this year they have put down new sod.

 

[skyman]

jeezus, why are they tearing up the field again? At least we'll get first crack at the field over the fins.

Did u see the finz game last night? Field was done. They have no choice

 

[Doppelganger]

jeezus, why are they tearing up the field again? At least we'll get first crack at the field over the fins.

Did you watch the Dolphins game last night?

They needed to.