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Old 01-07-2013, 06:43 PM   #31
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What was at the stadium site before it was built? I thought I remember someone saying it was swampland at one time. I think the soil there is the bigger problem. The field issues aren't a new thing. It's been like that since the stadium opened.
I wouldn't be surprised, I heard once that DC was built on swampland. Obviously Fedex Field isn't considered DC but it's close enough that it could be swampland.
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Old 01-07-2013, 06:45 PM   #32
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The field at RFK was no picnic either. By the end of the year it was just spray painted dirt.
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Old 01-07-2013, 07:02 PM   #33
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I think the entire DC area is swamp land.
With really nice roads.
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Old 01-07-2013, 07:54 PM   #34
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had to laugh at this "comparison", probably could have mentioned that one if artificial...

Side-by-side photo of fields, 30 miles apart, both outdoors, ... on Twitpic
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Old 01-07-2013, 07:58 PM   #35
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had to laugh at this "comparison", probably could have mentioned that one if artificial...

Side-by-side photo of fields, 30 miles apart, both outdoors, ... on Twitpic
Is he serious? I hope he knows that's not grass on the left.
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Old 01-07-2013, 08:07 PM   #36
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The Ravens don't play on grass? I thought they did.
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Old 01-07-2013, 08:08 PM   #37
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The field at RFK was no picnic either. By the end of the year it was just spray painted dirt.
No doubt, the 82 and 91 Championship games were played in slop.
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Old 01-07-2013, 08:09 PM   #38
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The Ravens don't play on grass? I thought they did.
M&T stadium switched to field turf in 2003

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Old 01-07-2013, 08:13 PM   #39
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The Ravens don't play on grass? I thought they did.
I have walked on it pretty nice stuff. Feels like grass to your footsteps but if you rub your hand across it you definitely know it is fake.
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Old 01-07-2013, 08:14 PM   #40
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M&T stadium switched to field turf in 2003

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We had their turf manager come and speak to our horticulture class years ago at the school I teach at, it must've been prior to 2003. Damn time flies fast!
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Old 01-07-2013, 08:40 PM   #41
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Old 01-07-2013, 11:18 PM   #42
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The field needs to be changed. Unacceptable Snyder. You have the money to fix it; FIX IT.
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Old 01-07-2013, 11:25 PM   #43
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It's not even even all that expensive anymore. It used to costs millions. Now I think there are companies that do it for a mil or less.
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Old 01-07-2013, 11:46 PM   #44
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Just agreeing with all of you...FedEx needs FieldTurf. The field at FedEx has been a mess since the stadium opened.

I do agree that the field at RFK was not great either, but it was not as bad as the field FedEx.

As ya all have said, Dan Snyder needs to shell out the bucks for a new field.
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Old 01-08-2013, 12:40 AM   #45
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The field is a dangerous embarrassment. It looked like the Gotham Stadium field AFTER Bane blew it up. It is totally unacceptable and if that is the best they can do, it's time to call the people at FieldTurf or maybe install that hybrid turf they have at Lambeau and Lincoln Financial.
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