Legend That Sorts It wrote:just thinking that myself, they must have underground heatiing and covers on up there already, after all it is a premiership ground

Quote:PLAYING SURFACE

* The grass surface measures 114m x 74m providing a FIFA standard-sized football pitch of 105m x 68m and a full-length rugby league pitch of 100m x 68m with in goal areas 5m deep.
* The grass is 100% natural, comprised of 90% sand and 10% loam. It also has 3% additive of man-made fibre.
* The fibre is woven into the roots of the grass and goes down 200mm. If threaded together, these fibres would circle the globe!
* The pitch has an automatic irrigation system as well as under pitch heating.
* When the temperature drops to below 4°c undersoil heating provides enough heat to raise the temperature to 9°c.
* The water porosity of the pitch at source is 25-30mm per hour.
* There are 22 miles of under soil heating pipes.

Legend That Sorts It wrote:just thinking that myself, they must have underground heatiing and covers on up there already, after all it is a premiership ground

Quote:PLAYING SURFACE

* The grass surface measures 114m x 74m providing a FIFA standard-sized football pitch of 105m x 68m and a full-length rugby league pitch of 100m x 68m with in goal areas 5m deep.
* The grass is 100% natural, comprised of 90% sand and 10% loam. It also has 3% additive of man-made fibre.
* The fibre is woven into the roots of the grass and goes down 200mm. If threaded together, these fibres would circle the globe!
* The pitch has an automatic irrigation system as well as under pitch heating.
* When the temperature drops to below 4°c undersoil heating provides enough heat to raise the temperature to 9°c.
* The water porosity of the pitch at source is 25-30mm per hour.
* There are 22 miles of under soil heating pipes.