Kansas City Star · Feb 26, 2019
KC is in for some cold days ahead. Sporting KC’s new field is ready like never before
A snowstorm hit Kansas City last week, nearly half a foot of flakes falling to the ground and then blanketed with ice. Fewer than 48 hours before Sporting Kansas City’s season opener, Dan Lolli arrived at Children’s Mercy Park before 7 a.m., eager to find out how much work he had ahead of him.
Lolli, the club’s vice president of operations who oversees the field, saw a clean playing surface. The snow and ice were gone. The grass remained green.
How?
Sporting KC installed a new heating system this winter, powered by electric ribbon, which the club believes is the first of its kind in American professional sports.
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