{"id":840249,"date":"2026-08-02T17:43:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T17:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/840249\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T17:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T17:43:16","slug":"new-cleveland-stadium-will-have-artificial-turf-for-browns-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/840249\/","title":{"rendered":"New Cleveland stadium will have artificial turf for Browns games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the push and pull over whether NFL fields will be covered with high-quality grass, a global solution is possible, albeit unlikely, through collective bargaining. For now, the decisions will be made one team at a time \u2014 especially as new stadiums are built.<\/p>\n<p>The Bills decided to convert from turf to grass in their new stadium. The Chiefs, who are in the process of building a new domed stadium in Kansas, prefer to continue to play on grass, but <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/will-the-chiefs-new-stadium-have-grass-no-decision-has-been-made\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">no decision has been made<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Browns are also building a covered stadium, in suburban Brook Park. They currently play on grass. Per the team, the Browns will play on artificial turf in the new stadium.<\/p>\n<p>That said, the new stadium will have the ability to accommodate grass, which happens most often when a venue hosts soccer matches. Which means that, in theory, the artificial turf for NFL games could eventually be swapped out for grass.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the plan is artificial turf. Which will tip the current 16-16 balance of teams playing homes games on real grass and fake grass toward turf, 17-15.<\/p>\n<p>Unless, of course, owners of teams that play on turf decide to switch to grass. Starting with the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/nflpa-should-focus-its-push-for-grass-on-one-team-at-a-time-starting-with-the-seahawks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">incoming owners of the Seahawks<\/a>, possibly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the push and pull over whether NFL fields will be covered with high-quality grass, a global solution&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":840250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-840249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}