re: Why don't we have turf?

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As a fan who followed Burrow down I was shocked to find that a stadium as storied as Death Valley has a grass field.
Turf fields favor the spread and I have to believe many HS stadiums in LA have turf.
Is there some kind of taboo against it?

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1) Turf is typically 10-15 degrees hotter at field level that grass. During the first month or so of the season, heat indexes can easily reach 105°-110°.

2) Conditions like you see yesterday aren’t very common. Aside from the occasional tropical system, rain doesn’t normally last long enough to soak that field.

3) Natural grass is safer.