Super Bowl field is getting hashmarks painted on it just two hours before kickoff
This is fine.
Just a couple of hours before the Super Bowl, we have already run into our first field issue.
The game is being played in Minneapolis’ beautiful U.S. Bank Stadium, so there are no issues with the actual conditions of the field. But the grounds crew forgot to paint hash marks in the logos on the field:
They forgot hashmarks in the logos - in the Super Bowl - so guys are painting them in with paintbrushes pic.twitter.com/G0DyQ7SmCX
— Mark Daniels (@MarkDanielsPJ) February 4, 2018
And it was every logo that was on the field:
Looks like they forgot to paint the hashmarks over the Super Bowl logo. Two hours and change til kickoff. pic.twitter.com/MPOzfvpm1O
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) February 4, 2018
While this seems bad, they’re really just freshening up the hashmarks:
Per @NFLfootballinfo, the game ops crew was freshening up the hashmarks, which are a slightly different shade within the logos. https://t.co/vVCCSoRCjO
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) February 4, 2018
As long as there aren’t any more leaks and too many dead birds, they should be alright. It could be worse — the lights could go out and cause a delay.