Preparing football stadium for season is no easy task Football players shed a lot of sweat and spend countless hours practicing to prepare for the first game of the season. But don't underestimate the amount of work and time that go into preparing Fouts Field for the big event. Preseason conditioning for the stadium begins in the summer.
Crew members inspect toilets and sinks and make sure the bleachers are securely bolted down.
They tend the hedges and grass around the stadium and take care of minor paint jobs and repairs. As for the field itself, the artificial turf requires little maintenance, but it still has to be cleaned with a machine similar to the Zamboni that is used to smooth the ice for hockey games. The contraption sweeps and vacuums up everything from pigeon feathers to leaves. As the season nears, the company that manufactures the stadium's scoreboard examines and replaces all of the lights that have burned out or may burn out soon. A representative from a sound system company tests the stadium's audio equipment.