TCF Turf

[station19]

It hasn't been that many years, new turf is nice but was there a need to replace it? Does this kind of artificial turf usually have such a short lifespan?

The turf was replaced two years ago because the NFL wanted to install the heating system. After the two years of the Vikings using the stadium, the U wanted their original field back in new condition....per rental contract.

Paint removal quickly destroys this type of turf. It is actually bad to paint it in the first place. Paint remover even worse. That's why everything is "sewn" in.
Dead on. In fact, the turf really can't be "reinstalled" at all. Taking it out inherently destroys it.

Turf has been reinstalled in the past...at least some types have.

Someone mentioned earlier on this thread; the cost of removing the turf, and reinstalling it would be cost prohibitive. Well no matter what you do with the turf you have to remove it, and the new place has to install something; so those cost are moot. I believe some of the used turfs have been donated to various organizations.

 

[Gopher028]

God let's hope not. The font is absolutely horrendous, and the bricks on the M are hokey and don't further the branding of the block M.

Well, the font is what the Minnesota Football team uses now, so i strongly suggest for you to get used to it.
Unless of course you're running the show over that at the gibson-nagurski center and make the decisions on
these types of things...

 

[station19]

God let's hope not. The font is absolutely horrendous, and the bricks on the M are hokey and don't further the branding of the block M.

I'm with you, it doesn't match any of the other fonts used by the U either. It won't happen.

The M looks way more like Maryland than MINNESOTA.

Absolutely no need to 'get used to it'.

 

[Ski U Mah 55]

Well, the font is what the Minnesota Football team uses now, so i strongly suggest for you to get used to it.
Unless of course you're running the show over that at the gibson-nagurski center and make the decisions on
these types of things...

The font is a Nike invention and will change or be gone with the next uniform cycle. Years later fans will look back at material that use it and think, "Yikes that looks dated".