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Written by Jim Day
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
STADIUM
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Stadium: University of Phoenix Stadium
Stadium Type: Retractable Roof
Seating Capacity: 63,000
Turf Type: Grass
Turf Notes: University of Phoenix Stadium features a unique rollout natural-grass playing field, contained in a single tray measuring 234 feet wide by 403 feet long and weighing a hefty 18.9 million pounds. The first completely retractable field in North America, it will be positioned inside the stadium on game days to offer the preferred natural-grass playing surface for football and outside the stadium the remaining 350+ days of the year to receive the needed sunlight and water to grow. A total of 462 steel wheels riding on 13 parallel steel rails are used to slide the field tray in and out of the facility.
Location: Glendale, AZ
Weather: Glendale Weather
TEAM
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HISTORY
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Last Superbowl Win: NONE
Other Superbowl Appearances: NONE
Last Playoff Appearance: 1998
Team's 1st Year: 1922
Team History
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