Most fans won’t remember now, but the spring before the Denver Broncos’ 2015 Super Bowl winning season the team quietly made an important stride in player safety. Since its first season, back in 2001, Invesco/Sports Authority/Broncos Stadium/Empower Field at Mile High had used a synthetic-grass blend for the playing surface. But that offseason, as part of an array of other stadium upgrades and as part of a focus on “providing the safest and best possible playing surface”, replaced that system with 100% natural Kentucky bluegrass sod. And that’s what the mile high field has been made of ever since.
It’s time for turf to wave the white flag in NFL stadiums
