MetLife Stadium, which would be the host website for the 2026 FIFA World Cup remaining, has introduced it would convert to a grass floor to be in compliance with FIFA necessities.
“MetLife normally has a turf pitch for NFL matches however will probably be transformed to grass for World Cup video games to fulfill FIFA’s requirements.” https://t.co/Fd0DSXaCQv
— Charlotte Carroll (@charlottecrrll) February 4, 2024
MetLife Stadium switched from UBU Pace S5-M to FieldTurf Core HD earlier than the 2023 NFL season because of the rash of accidents incurred by gamers on the outdated floor.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup match, which is able to play video games in all three North American international locations, will start on June 11 and begin in New Jersey on July 19 at MetLife.
The 16 host cities comprise two in Canada, three in Mexico, and 11 in the US: Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Guadalajara, Kansas Metropolis, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Monterrey, Mexico Metropolis, Toronto, Boston, New York Metropolis (MetLife), Philadelphia, and Miami.
Eight of the 16 venues (together with MetLife) have everlasting synthetic turf surfaces that will probably be changed with grass below the path of FIFA and analysis groups from the College of Tennessee and Michigan State.
For the primary time, the match will characteristic 48 groups versus the present 16 and the entire variety of video games will improve from 64 to 104.
As soon as the World Cup concludes, the Giants and Jets are anticipated to return the bogus flip to MetLife Stadium.
