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Cincinnati Bengals
The
Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in
Cincinnati, Ohio. They are currently members of the Northern Division of
the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League
(NFL). The Bengals began play in the American Football League as a 1968
expansion team, and joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL Merger. Paul Brown Stadium sits on
approximately 22 acres of land and has a capacity of 65,535. The Bengals
are the sole tenants. The stadium opened in August 2000, and the Bengals
debuted there during the 2000-2001 NFL season.
Originally, the field was
natural grass, but problems arose in maintaining it. At one point, the
field was rated by the NFL Players Association as the third-worst field
in the league. The stadium's owner, Hamilton County, and the team
explored various options, and the revolutionary FieldTurf system, which
looks and feels like real grass, won out. The reduced maintenance saves
the county approximately $100,000 annually since field markings are
actually sewn into the fabric and do not need to be repainted between
games. Additionally, it opens Paul Brown Stadium to other uses, without
having to worry about damage to the turf.
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