The Titans announced Tuesday that they are removing the natural grass field at Nissan Stadium and replacing it with new synthetic turf ahead of the 2023 NFL season.
Tennessee elected to make the change in surfaces after assessing injuries and technology, as well as Nashville’s climate, which has led to the franchise’s struggles to cultivate and maintain grass inside the venue. The Titans already have been practicing on synthetic turf, which was added to their indoor practice facility last year.
In the team’s announcement, it stated that Nissan Stadium’s grass-based field led to more lower-body injuries than any other stadium with monofilament synthetic turf fields between 2018 and ’21, according to the NFL.