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Singapore Sports Hub To Replace Playing Surface Ahead Of Southeast Asian Games

With less than six months to the Southeast Asian Games, the Singapore Sports Hub has decided to "abandon the problem-plagued pitch at the National Stadium," according to Jonathan Wong of the STRAITS TIMES. Instead of the "current mix of synthetic and natural grass, the new pitch will be all-grass." The grass will be "grown at a nursery before being brought in and laid out at the stadium" ahead of the June 5-16 Games. Enough grass for a second pitch will be maintained at the nursery, and it will be used to enlarge the pitch for sports that need a bigger surface, such as cricket, or to fix "excessive wear and tear", SportsHub chief executive Philippe Collin-Delavaud said in a statement yesterday. He said the Sports Hub was working to deliver "a first-class natural pitch solution". SportsHub CEO Philippe Collin-Delavaud said in a statement that enough grass for a second pitch will be "maintained at the nursery, and it will be used to enlarge the pitch for sports that need a bigger surface, such as cricket, or to fix 'excessive wear and tear.'" Collin-Delavaud said that the Sports Hub was working to deliver "a first-class natural pitch solution." He did not say if switching to an all-grass pitch would be a "permanent solution to the stadium's problems, or what it would cost." But he said "all costs would be borne fully by SportsHub Pte Ltd and not passed on to spectators" or event organizers (STRAITS TIMES, 12/21).

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