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Lumen Field does not have a permanent real grass surface. Work to install a temporary hybrid natural grass surface over the existing artificial turf began in March 2026 ahead of international soccer matches, meaning real grass has only been in place for a few months.

Surface Details
Installation timeline: Work to lay down the temporary drainage, sand layer, and sod started in March 2026.
First use: The U.S. women's national team tested and played on the new grass surface in April 2026.
Reason for change: Installed strictly to meet strict FIFA requirements for tournament matches.
Future plans: The grass is temporary and scheduled to be removed to revert back to the stadium's standard artificial turf surface.

Sibelius Hindemith wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 09, 2026 5:50 pm

Grass at Lumen would be rain soaked and muddy in fall and winter. Bad idea.

Donn Beach wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 09, 2026 5:52 pm

I forgot who that was. I was thinking it had to be one of those wacky democrat socialists. You put it on the wrong forum like lol

Sibelius Hindemith wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 09, 2026 7:08 pm

Yes, thank goodness he has the intelligence/business sense to defer those types of decisions to those who have practical experience with a specific issue like that. Paul Allen was generally that way also, although his decision to go with those weird "Seahawk Blue" uniforms in 2001 and stick with them for a decade was unfortunate in my opinion.