Dan Bergstrom’s match-day schedule started at 2 a.m. before the first whistle at 12 p.m. <\/p>\n
HOUSTON \u2013 When looking back at the FIFA World Cup 2026 games here in Houston, one topic everyone kept mentioning was how beautiful the stadium looked with a full grass field instead of the usual synthetic turf. <\/p>\n
The Houston Dynamo\u2019s Director of Sports Turf & Grounds, Dan Bergstrom, was part of a team that planned every aspect of having grass at the stadium seven years before the first match.<\/p>\n
His match-day schedule started around 2 a.m., and his team had to turn the field over to FIFA at 6 a.m. to begin rehearsals before the match later that day at Noon. <\/p>\n
Dan believes it\u2019s possible to have grass year-round at now-named Reliant Stadium but is aware of the cost it will have on the team and the NFL overall. <\/p>\n
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