During events like the NFL Combine or Drum Corps International Finals, the Colts graphics just stay on the field. This turf permanence works most of the time. While most people probably didn’t notice at the time, Uni-Watchers like me certainly saw the difference, as the white paint didn’t entirely cover the original embedded red plastic fibers. Indy were forced to paint over the “old” AFC logo and hand-paint the “new” logo. That became a problem two years later, when the NFC and AFC logos were both streamlined to contain four interior stars.
Integrated alongside the “COLTS” wordmark was the NFL logo ( then newly redesigned), and the not-yet-redesigned original AFC logo with six cascading stars. When Lucas Oil Stadium opened in 2008, their FieldTurf end zones consisted of permanently dyed blue and white plastic fibers. Other stadiums, especially those that host soccer games, paint the graphics anew every week.īefore we cover who does what and why, let’s focus again on the Colts. Some fields use permanently dyed plastic fibers for boundary lines, yard markers, and end zones. More than half the league now play on artificial turf, and every stadium handles this situation differently. Unlike a grass field (where grass grows and is mowed, and new paint has to be applied every week), the Colts don’t have to spend extra time and money applying paint every week – their field graphics are permanently fixed. Here’s a time lapse video of how this happens. The fibers that make up Indy’s artificial turf field are permanently-colored blue plastic, sewn together and arranged at the factory. Dyed in the Wool: Turf Permanence in the NFLīy Jared Pike ( the Indianapolis Colts’ first home game of 2022, Uni Watch commented in surprise that the Lucas Oil Stadium end zones still display the Colts’ old wordmark (despite the team updating its wordmark in 2020.) The most likely reason for this is simple: Indy’s graphics are literally sewn into the turf.
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