U2 Foots Bill for Spartan Stadium Field Replacement

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U2 gave 65,000 fans a spectacle Sunday in East Lansing, Mich. Now, the legendary band will give Michigan State University a new football field.

Promoters of the Irish-born rockers, whose Spartan Stadium visit was part of a tour expected to gross $700 million, agreed to reimburse MSU the roughly $253,000 necessary to resod the surface once U2's 400-ton stage was dismantled and a patchwork of aluminum panels were pulled off the existing grass. The field's top three inches will be removed beginning Tuesday and the remaining surface regraded in time for the July 11 arrival of fresh sod from Colorado. According to The State News, a Colorado sod farm was chosen over local growers because its soil profile closely matched that inside the stadium, allowing the best chance the sod will thrive during the weeks leading up to the start of football practice in August. The Spartans' first home game is Sept. 2 against Youngstown State.

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