The New England Patriots’ opening season defeat to the Kansas City Chiefs isn’t the only news coming out of Gillette Stadium this week.
In a surprising turn of events, the Patriots have decided to replace their brand new field. The field — which was installed in May of this year — has only seen three games.
Work on the new turf underway at Gillette #Patriots pic.twitter.com/WUQcc4KU99
— Tim McKone (@Tim_McKone) September 13, 2017
According to Mike Reiss of ESPN, some players commented that the new Gillette Stadium surface had been especially soft.
The prior surface — which was FieldTurf’s new premium system — featured the industry’s highest-performing monofilament fiber that makes the surface player-friendly, resilient and durable. Along with the most innovative fiber technology in the industry, this state-of-the-art turf system features FieldTurf’s proprietary heavy infill system, which is critical to performance and playability.
🌱🏈 @TomGilesCSN, @tomecurran, @KayceSmith & @MichaelSHolley chat about the turf removal at Gillette pic.twitter.com/0aUca7Ylfo
— Patriots on CSN (@PatriotsCSN) September 12, 2017
We’ll see how it pans out for their next home game against the Houston Texans on Sept. 24.