Preparing The Vancouver World Cup Pitch A Process In Planning
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- “We are preparing for game one, but already looking at games two, three, four, five, six and seven,” Dale Frith, FIFA’s venue pitch manager for BC Place Vancouver, tells me.
Sports Money Preparing The Vancouver World Cup Pitch A Process In Planning By Tim Newcomb,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Newcomb covers tennis gear/business, stadiums and shoe tech.Follow Author Jun 13, 2026, 12:00pm EDTThe specially grown BC Place Vancouver Stadium pitch for World Cup 2026.FIFA The grass carpeting BC Place Vancouver Stadium for World Cup 2026 has grown since spring 2025. The planning for the specially designed sod system? That’s been since 2022. It all becomes reality when Australia and Turkey open play at one of two Cascadia-area venues on Saturday before Canada’s national team comes to town for two straight contests.
“We are preparing for game one, but already looking at games two, three, four, five, six and seven,” Dale Frith, FIFA’s venue pitch manager for BC Place Vancouver, tells me. “There is always a big build up to the first game and after the games we will be fixing up the pitch, repairing any scars and just cleaning up and getting ready to go for the next one.”