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The playing surface in Death Valley is getting a new look.
When Clemson hosts LSU in 123 days to kick off the 2025 college football season, Memorial Stadium will feature a new playing surface called Ready Play Natural Grass and the process begins this week.
Clemson took up chunks of the sod inside the stadium a few weeks ago and then brought in over 200 tons of dirt to create the infield and playing surface for last weekend’s Savannah Bananas game against the Party Animals. Over 81,000 fans showed up for the event, and Eric Sabin, in his fifth year with Clemson and currently as the Executive Senior Associate AD of Finance & Operations, said the school wanted to be in charge of the playing surface for the baseball game with larger goals in mind.