Anyone want to buy some grass?
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:19 amGrass for sale
Texas is recycling the surface at Memorial Stadium. Fans can pay $20 for a square foot.
By Suzanne Halliburton
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Friday, March 27, 2009
The Texas athletic department is selling its grass.
Grass, as in the Bermuda/rye combination that's been covering the field at Royal-Memorial Stadium for a dozen years.
After all, in these tough economic times, why not try to make a little money?
Before the 2009 football season, Texas will spend $400,000 to install FieldTurf, a synthetic grass used by 67 other NCAA Division I-A schools. On April 5, UT will have a one-day sod sale that coincides with the orange-white scrimmage and the Texas spring football jamboree.
It'll be the final time the Longhorns will compete on grass.
Fans can buy a 12-inch by 12-inch square of grass for $20. There will be 57,600 available for purchase, and the sod squares will be distributed starting an hour after the scrimmage concludes.
"Anybody on this team would want a piece," said Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, who because of NCAA rules will have to shell out full price for a piece of Longhorn history.
If Texas sells all the turf squares, the school will take in $1.152 million, which will cover the cost of the new field with lots of green left over.
Texas is recycling the surface at Memorial Stadium. Fans can pay $20 for a square foot.
By Suzanne Halliburton
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Friday, March 27, 2009
The Texas athletic department is selling its grass.
Grass, as in the Bermuda/rye combination that's been covering the field at Royal-Memorial Stadium for a dozen years.
After all, in these tough economic times, why not try to make a little money?
Before the 2009 football season, Texas will spend $400,000 to install FieldTurf, a synthetic grass used by 67 other NCAA Division I-A schools. On April 5, UT will have a one-day sod sale that coincides with the orange-white scrimmage and the Texas spring football jamboree.
It'll be the final time the Longhorns will compete on grass.
Fans can buy a 12-inch by 12-inch square of grass for $20. There will be 57,600 available for purchase, and the sod squares will be distributed starting an hour after the scrimmage concludes.
"Anybody on this team would want a piece," said Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, who because of NCAA rules will have to shell out full price for a piece of Longhorn history.
If Texas sells all the turf squares, the school will take in $1.152 million, which will cover the cost of the new field with lots of green left over.