The grass is greener at Empower Field.

Or it’s at least new. Again.

The Broncos’ turf and facilities team put down fresh sod between the end of the stadium’s summer concert series and Saturday night’s preseason opener against Arizona.

They did it in record time, according to director of turf and grounds Chris Hathaway.

After The Lumineers performed at the stadium on Aug. 2, Hathaway and his team got to work. They put down 462 rolls of Kentucky Bluegrass turf grown at Green Valley Turf in Platteview over the course of three days — a total of 55 hours end to end — replacing the entire grass surface in the process.

The grass has had about 10 days between when it was installed and Saturday night’s return to football action.

“In the fastest installation to date, it takes an incredible amo

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