NFL’s turf guru has meticulous journey to prepare Levi’s Stadium field for Super Bowl
January 28, 2026
Nick Pappas’ process for preparing the Super Bowl field started long before the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots started getting ready for the 2025 season. The NFL’s turf guru picked the sod farm that began growing the field for the game about 16 months ago and spent time since then monitoring the progress. The job went into overdrive this month when Pappas and his crew started a monthlong installation and preparation process to make sure the story of the game is about the teams and not the grass.