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Precision Turf shared on X they have finished installing the new playing surface at Acrisure Stadium.
Steelers president Art Rooney II confirmed at the NFL Owners Meetings that the team was in the process of replacing Acrisure Stadium’s playing surface. The Steelers’ grass playing surface came under fire again in the 2025 season, with kicker Chris Boswell slipping and missing a field goal and special teams captain Miles Killebrew suffered a season-ending knee injury, which some teammates attributed to the turf.
“Honestly, it was shit,” fellow captain Cam Heyward said. “I lost one of my teammates and that makes me sad about it. … I like grass, but that wasn’t grass we played on.”
Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers also ripped the field conditions in the aftermath of the Week 6 game against the Cleveland Browns, calling it “borderline unplayable.”
The field was so bad last year that the Steelers received an F- grade for their home playing surface in the 2026 NFLPA report card, ranking last in the league.
“We chose to make the change. It wasn’t mandated by the league. It’s been in use in some other stadiums around the country and seems to be having success, so we decided to make the change,” Rooney explained.
The Steelers will use Tahoma 31 Bermudagrass instead of the Kentucky bluegrass they had used.
“The fields actually will be planted at a sod farm,” Rooney said. “So, we won’t get the new field until sometime in August. But as we’ve talked about, it’ll be a new surface, a new kind of grass mixture. And look forward to seeing how it works.”
That new blend of grass is already being used at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia and at Soldier Field in Chicago and is expected to help the Steelers and Acrisure Stadium get up to par with the new NFL standards. J
Just like the Steelers situation with Pitt playing their homes games at Acrisure Stadium, Temple University also plays at the Eagles’ Lincoln Financial Field.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Steelers Make Major Upgrade at Acrisure Stadium
