South Carolina was forced to replace their entire football field due to damage caused by a Jay-Z and Beyonce show last week.
Here are more details from ESPN:
South Carolina had planned for the possibility of such a changeout when Williams-Brice Stadium was picked as a stop for Jay-Z and Beyonce’s tour about 18 months ago, athletic director Ray Tanner said.
Concert crews needed about a week to set up the massive stage used for Tuesday night’s show. Coach Will Muschamp and his players were among the 40,000 or so who attended.
A hard cover was put over the field to protect it from wear and tear caused by construction of the stage and concertgoers. But when the cover was removed, it was clear the grass had died and needed to be replaced, Cox said.
The replacement cost, which Tanner estimated as between $150,000 to $200,000, was covered by concert promoters.
Cox’s crew removed the dead grass and prepared the field for its new sod. Machines rolled out the strips of sod in place while crews cut off appropriate strips to meld one section into another.
