Hull City’s £1.5m MKM Stadium pitch renovation work begins ahead of new Championship season.
Work is underway during a rare quiet-spell for the 20-year-old stadium.
Hull City’s £1.5m renovation of the MKM Stadium playing surface has begun with the Championship season now well and truly over after the Tigers missed out on the Championship play-offs earlier this month.
The pitch came in for heavy criticism during the winter months after cutting up badly during one of the wettest periods on record, with former boss Liam Rosenior often referencing the lack of quality, and how it impacted his team’s performances.
A brand new pitch is being laid with work now well underway and groundstaff benefitting from the first lengthy dry spell since last summer to make progress and get it ready for Hull FC’s next home game against Leeds Rhinos on June 15 the first of two successive home games for the struggling.
Speaking to Hull Live earlier this year, vice-chairman Tan Kesler admitted the pitch wasn’t up to standard and explained the club’s plans to improve it going forward, at significant cost to the club.
“The lifespan of that pitch has expired and I can promise you that it’s another big investment that we’re putting in this summer and you’ll see,” he said.
