Fans can buy an authenticated block of grass used during the FIFA World Cup games at NewYork New Jersey (MetLife) Stadium in the Meadowlands, including the Sunday, July 19 Final.
“Once the last whistle blows, the turf is extracted, preserved in acrylic resin, and released as Piece of the Final Pitch: the only officially FIFA-licensed collectible made from the actual Final pitch,” Keep Stub, a private company in Romsey, England, said in a recent blog post.
The natural grass pitch at MetLife Stadium — temporarily renamed New York New Jersey Stadium for the FIFA World Cup 2026 tournament — was officially installed May 7-8, with just about a month to go before the first game kicks off.
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The commemorative turf blocks are manufactured and sold by Keep Stub, which was founded in June 2025 as Trezer Limited by Christopher Michael Buton. The company changed its name to Keep Stub in March.
The turf will be available in four tiers, with each limited to 2,026 pieces. They will be shipped only to addresses in the U.S. and Europe. The grass will be harvested directly from the field following the tournament’s conclusion on July 19. $450 each, with premium tiers priced at $900, $1,200, and $3,000. Each piece comes with a USB containing an authenticity film.
The four tiers:
● Foundation Edition: $450
● Stadium Edition: $900
● Legacy Edition: $1,200
● Hero Edition: $3,000
All About the Grass
In early May, workers transported 600 rolls of Tahoma 31 Bermudagrass from a turf farm in North Carolina to MetLife Stadium via a convoy of 27 refrigerated trucks. The grass, grown for 10 months on a plastic sub-base to keep the root system intact, traveled 12 hours to replace the venue’s usual artificial turf for the 2026 FIFA World Cup games.
Tahoma 31 Bermudagrass is a high-performance, high-durability grass grown for elite-level soccer and other sports, as well as golf courses, commercial landscaping, public parks, erosion control, and high-end residential lawns.
FIFA originally planned to source the grass locally from Tuckahoe Turf Farms in Hammonton, New Jersey. However, snowstorms threw off that plan. Bermuda grass was used for the warmer, outside venues: East Rutherford, New Jersey; Guadalajara, Mexico; Kansas City, Missouri; Miami Gardens, Florida; Monterrey, Mexico; and Santa Clara, California
Perennial rye mixed with Kentucky bluegrass was used at cooler and indoor stadiums: Arlington, Texas; Atlanta; Foxborough, Massachusetts; Houston; Inglewood, California; Mexico City; Philadelphia; Seattle; Toronto; and Vancouver, British Columbia.
Grass for the stadiums and training sites was produced and harvested starting about 10 months ago at 10 different turf farms in Canada, Mexico and the U.S., FIFA said. FIFA does not lay new grass for each game
