Ever since FieldTurf was installed instead of grass at Lumen Field — despite what was promised in Referendum 48 that funded its construction — there has been a certain amount of consternation. Although soccer interests have consistently called for grass, the reality of having multiple tenants and usage has made a synthetic surface simply more practical.
Over the 20 years since games first started being played there, an uneasy truce has effectively been struck. Soccer fans have learned to live with FieldTurf, and stadium operators First and Goal have agreed to regularly replace it while installing temporary grass whenever required.