PHOTO A: The brown areas on this college stadium field were created during a Dave Matthews Band concert held at the University of Colorado’s Folsom Field in Boulder four weeks before the first football scrimmage game of 2001 and six weeks before the first televised game. Even though the entire surface of the field was protected with either plywood or commercial-grade temporary flooring, the after effects are easily seen. The area in the foreground is where the stage footers were on plywood blocks, and the larger brown area near the center of the field is the area directly in front of the stage. The remainder of the field was used for floor seating. The field was revitalized by solid-tine aerifying four times during the six-week window. The crew also used a 2-inch spike roller to drop pre-germinated seed into the existing turf on eight different occasions. They haven’t had another concert on the field, but there is talk about bringing the band back.

Photos submitted by Jason E. DePaepe, CSFM, athletics-business affairs, University of Colorado at Boulder.