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To: Perdogg
I wonder if they designed a heater under the turf to keep it from freezing.

Lambeau Field was the first football field I ever heard of having heating coils under the turf.

However, even it could not help during the "Ice Bowl" as the coils didn't get hot enough to offset the sub-zero temps.

And the Vikes made four Super Bowls playing at The Met which I do not recall as having heating coils.

1962 NFL Championship game between the Giants and Packers was played in ripple sole shoes on a frozen field known as Yankee Stadium.

39 posted on 12/20/2010 7:27:37 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't skipper a boat, Can't drive, Can't ski, Can't fly. But they KNOW what's best!)
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To: N. Theknow

The Ice bowl was caused by bursting pipes. Most modern facilities use a glycol/water mix.


40 posted on 12/20/2010 7:40:13 AM PST by Perdogg (What Would Aqua Buddha do?)
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