The new bluegrass playing field at Paul Brown Stadium will be installed beginning Wednesday.

        Stadium groundskeeper Doug Bradley will go to New Jersey to supervise the cutting of the sod Monday and Tuesday, weather permitting.

        A temporary Bermuda grass field had to be put down last summer because the initial bluegrass field was damaged in a drought while being grown in Maryland.

        The additional field will not cost taxpayers, Bengals executive Troy Blackburn said.

        The trade contractor, SW Franks, is responsible and will return to do the work, he said.

        Bluegrass, a cool-weather grass indigenous to this region, is better-suited for strong performance throughout autumn. Bermuda is a warm-weather grass that thrives in summer but often goes dormant in October.

        The Bermuda field was in poor condition for the final two Bengals home games, December victories against Arizona and Jacksonville.

        Bengals players and opponents complained about the large ruts in the field late in the season.

        After the loss to the Bengals, several Jacksonville players called the field a “cow pasture” and said it was the worst they had played on, including when they were children in Pop Warner league. Tackle Tony Boselli urged the NFL to “shut that thing down.”

        The Bengals faced a fine for not covering the natural-grass field when precipitation was expected the week before, a situation that apparently has not been settled yet.

        Bengals president Mike Brown on Thursday said the organization would not be fined for the field's condition. But NFL spokesman Dan Masonson, reached Thursday in the league's New York office, wasn't sure the issue had been resolved and was checking whether the team still might be fined.

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