Installing the World Cup final pitch: 27 trucks, a 12-hour journey and 10-hour shifts
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“With a little over a month until the World Cup comes to New Jersey, workers this week began installing the grass field at MetLife Stadium. Workers began the two-day installation process on Wednesday afternoon, when the first of 27 trucks filled with hundreds of rolls of grass arrived at the stadium from a turf farm in North Carolina roughly 12 hours away. The venue, which will be called ‘New York New Jersey’ for the duration of the tournament, will stage eight matches from June 13 until the World Cup final on July 19. …”
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