Levi's Stadium pics and info...

Originally posted by mayo49:

Originally posted by Muggins:
No the grass is/was being grown at a different location. They are prepping the dirt for the incoming sod.


http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20140329/sports/140329450

The sod should be on it's way as it looks like their finished grading.

Yup. There was nothing done to the playing field today . . . I saw the sprinklers going a couple of times to keep it damp.

Originally posted by SonocoNinerFan:
Yup. There was nothing done to the playing field today . . . I saw the sprinklers going a couple of times to keep it damp.

There is a patch of grass at the base of the uprights closest to the gigapixel cam.

Originally posted by THEB:

Originally posted by SonocoNinerFan:

Yup. There was nothing done to the playing field today . . . I saw the sprinklers going a couple of times to keep it damp.

There is a patch of grass at the base of the uprights closest to the gigapixel cam.

I keep a patch of grass by my goal post too.

Or red/orange seats that have like 10 different shades? lol

Originally posted by darkknight49:

Originally posted by THEB:

Originally posted by SonocoNinerFan:

Yup. There was nothing done to the playing field today . . . I saw the sprinklers going a couple of times to keep it damp.

There is a patch of grass at the base of the uprights closest to the gigapixel cam.

I keep a patch of grass by my goal post too.

They have some of the stadium lights on tonight. Sprinklers are going.

I can help on the grass situation since I was there today working on the controller. It is hooked to temporary power and got fried due to surges (and people plugging and switching the extension cable being run to it). There will be a new module there tomorrow.

The samples of grass are just sitting on the sand right now. If everything goes well with getting more permanent power, the sod will go in Friday or Saturday. The sand that was originally put down was too "loose" so they had to bring a bunch of fiber in to help it be more compact. The sprinklers are just running round the clock to make sure the sand is compacted properly.

Originally posted by ubaisore:

I can help on the grass situation since I was there today working on the controller. It is hooked to temporary power and got fried due to surges (and people plugging and switching the extension cable being run to it). There will be a new module there tomorrow.

The samples of grass are just sitting on the sand right now. If everything goes well with getting more permanent power, the sod will go in Friday or Saturday. The sand that was originally put down was too "loose" so they had to bring a bunch of fiber in to help it be more compact. The sprinklers are just running round the clock to make sure the sand is compacted properly.

Thanks, uba.

Originally posted by mayo49:

Originally posted by ubaisore:
I can help on the grass situation since I was there today working on the controller. It is hooked to temporary power and got fried due to surges (and people plugging and switching the extension cable being run to it). There will be a new module there tomorrow.

The samples of grass are just sitting on the sand right now. If everything goes well with getting more permanent power, the sod will go in Friday or Saturday. The sand that was originally put down was too "loose" so they had to bring a bunch of fiber in to help it be more compact. The sprinklers are just running round the clock to make sure the sand is compacted properly.

Thanks, uba.

Thanks for the info! That's some great insight

Glad to help. I am just waiting for vendor appreciation day :)

Originally posted by ubaisore:
I can help on the grass situation since I was there today working on the controller. It is hooked to temporary power and got fried due to surges (and people plugging and switching the extension cable being run to it). There will be a new module there tomorrow.

The samples of grass are just sitting on the sand right now. If everything goes well with getting more permanent power, the sod will go in Friday or Saturday. The sand that was originally put down was too "loose" so they had to bring a bunch of fiber in to help it be more compact. The sprinklers are just running round the clock to make sure the sand is compacted properly.

Thanks for the update. Hard Intel. Do you work out there often?

so thgat green stuff they mixed into the sand was fiber then? hmm

Originally posted by THEB:
so thgat green stuff they mixed into the sand was fiber then? hmm

That makes sense. I thought it was some nutrient to help the grass.

I was supposed to be out there a lot but I changed companies...I still know more about the controllers so I got called out to help today.... they should be spraying a liquid fert down when the grass goes down. Sand doesn't keep many nutrients. But that field drains unbelievably fast so far. They have sensors in the storm drains which will have synthetic on the lids. They will also have sensors in the ground to keep track of moisture levels. It should look great. Will be the best field in the league with that turf, the ground prep and the bay area weather

Originally posted by ubaisore:
I was supposed to be out there a lot but I changed companies...I still know more about the controllers so I got called out to help today.... they should be spraying a liquid fert down when the grass goes down. Sand doesn't keep many nutrients. But that field drains unbelievably fast so far. They have sensors in the storm drains which will have synthetic on the lids. They will also have sensors in the ground to keep track of moisture levels. It should look great. Will be the best field in the league with that turf, the ground prep and the bay area weather

Cool. Thanks.

Yeah, I noticed the other day after they shut the water off you can see the sand at crown lighten up pretty quickly as it drains.