The Bears and 49ers will be playing on a freshly sodded field on Sunday after complaints and problems with the old turf earlier this summer.A new gra s field was put down by the company Carolina Green over the Labor Day weekend and it is a bermuda gra s.It’s the first time they Mackensie Alexander Jersey put Bermuda gra s in at Soldier Field. It’s a gra s type usually used in the south becaues it adapts well to tropical and subtropical climates and grows best in high temperatures. It’s best known for use on southern golf courses but there were half a dozen NFL stadiums with the Dalvin Cook Jersey turf last year.The Bears always had bluegra s or a blend of bluegra s and rye.A week of time to take root hardly seems ideal but the Bears have had short periods like this in the past when sod was put down. The Bears and Chiefs preseason game on Aug. 13 was played on a chopped-up field so poor that it drew criticism from Bears players Cairo Santos and Robert Quinn.The Adam Thielen T Shirts NFLPA president, JC Tretter, blasted the field conditions in a tweet.Scroll to ContinuePrior to that Bears-Chiefs game, the Chicago Fire soccer team had already changed the venue of one August match against New York City FC because of poor field conditions at Soldier Field. A few concerts and another Fire game were played after the Bears-Chiefs game.The turf has long been a problem at Soldier Field.In 2011, the Bears had to cancel a Myles Dorn Jersey family fest practice at night a few hours before it was to be held because of poor field conditions and then held the practice at a high school field in Bourbonnais, Ill. near their training camp.Former Bears kicker Robbie Gould, the current 49ers kicker, has been a frequent critic of the Soldier Field conditions and blasted the field in 2012 and 2014 before he left.
