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Estadio Azteca Field Conditions Could Be Issue For Chiefs-Rams

Early this week the NFL will see if work will be needed to improve the field conditions before the gameGETTY IMAGES

The NFL Kansas City Chiefs and L.A. Rams will face off in Mexico City next Monday, and there is "significant worry about the playing surface" at Estadio Azteca, according to Peter King of NBC SPORTS. The stadium features a "multi-use combined grass-and-synthetic surface used for soccer and concerts mostly," but that has been "made soupy by heavy rains in this year's rainy season." Recent photos of the field "look awful." The NFL early this week will "see if surgery will be needed on the field before the game" (NBC SPORTS, 11/12). PRO FOOTBALL TALK's Darin Gantt wrote as much as the NFL "wants to expand its international footprint," such logistical issues with stadiums it does not control are "legitimate concerns." The new Tottenham stadium in London was "built with the NFL in mind, with separate grass and synthetic fields for soccer and NFL games." However, there is "no such dedicated system in Mexico City, which is why the league is sending in the shock troops to make sure two of its best teams have an acceptable playing surface" (PRO FOOTBALL TALK, 11/12).

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