NFL's turf guru has meticulous journey to prepare Levi's Stadium field for Super Bowl
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Field preparations for NFL’s Super Bowl game a 16-month-long journey
About 16 months of preparation work has gone into getting the field at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. ready for the National Football League’s Super Bowl championship game on Feb. 8. That’s when the league’s “turf guru” Nick Pappas chose the sod he wanted from a farm a couple of hours distant from the stadium. Since January, he has overseen the sod’s installation at the home of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers – a month-long process. Three d…
By JOSH DUBOW SANTA CLARA, California, USA (AP) — Nick Pappas’s process of preparing the Super Bowl field began long before the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots even started preparing for the 2025 season. The NFL turf expert selected the farm that would grow the grass about 16 months ago and has spent time monitoring its progress ever since. The work intensified in January when Pappas and his team began the installation and preparation …
NFL’s turf guru has meticulous journey to prepare Levi’s Stadium field for Super Bowl
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Nick Pappas' process for preparing the Super Bowl field got underway long before the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots started getting ready for the
NFL’s turf guru has meticulous journey to prepare Levi’s Stadium field for Super Bowl - Regional Media News
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Nick Pappas' process for preparing the Super Bowl field got underway long before the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots started getting ready for the 2025 season. The NFL's turf guru picked the sod farm that began growing the field for the game about 16 months ago and spent time since then monitoring the progress. The job went into overdrive in January when Pappas and his crew started a monthlong installation an…
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