Kenan Stadium will stick with grass, after all.
Instead of installing artificial turf in its football stadium, North Carolina will continue to use real grass and replace it with sod as needed, said Mike Bunting, associate athletic director of facility planning and management.
The discussion to install artificial turf began after plans were secured to build an indoor practice football facility in place of the current outdoor one on Navy Field. Construction of the practice facility will force the UNC football team to practice in Kenan Stadium for 15 months, Bunting said.
UNC officials decided after several months of discussion to continue using real grass, a decision confirmed in meetings as recent as Nov.