The 49ers will remain at original Super Bowl practice field despite initial concerns

  • April 19, 2025 10:45 PM PDT

    The San Francisco 49ers will practice for the Super Bowl at UNLV's campus as scheduled despite having initial worries about the condition of the field.The Niners had expre sed concern to the league that the field on UNLVs campus is too soft even though NFL Tyrann Mathieu Jersey inspectors cleared it for safety. Sod was recently placed over the turf field on UNLVs campus for the 49ers to use this week. Coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters at media night Monday in Las Vegas that the field Tre'Quan Smith Jersey had been improving every day since the team initially looked at it last week. The 49ers held a walkthrough on the field Monday and will practice there starting Wednesday as scheduled.Were not worried about it at all," Shanahan said. "It is what it is. Were here and Desmond Trufant Jersey we wont change anything.ADVERTISEMENT NFL Commi sioner Roger Goodell said earlier in the day that league and independent inspectors found the practice field safe to use during Super Bowl week.Weve had 23 experts out there. We had the union out there. All of them think its a very playable surface," Goodell said Deuce McAllister Jersey at his Super Bowl news conference on Monday. Its softer than what they practiced on, but that happens. Its well within all of our testing standards. Its something we think all of our experts, as well as neutral field inspectors, have all said unanimously that its a playable field.The Kansas City Chiefs, as Erik Mccoy Jersey the designated home team for the game, get to practice at the Las Vegas Raiders facility in nearby Henderson.___AP NFL: