Grand Lake is a large 8.8 square miles (23 km 2) lake in Presque Isle County. While it is not the largest inland lake in Michigan, it does contain the most inland islands. At its shortest distance, it is located less than one mile (1.6 kilometres) from Lake Huron, but the two are not connected.
Real grass will be shipped in and installed for that event. The first regular season NFL game at US Bank Stadium will be September 18 when the Vikings host the Green Bay Packers, televised on KARE 11.
Since 2002, the playing field at Rice-Eccles Stadium has been FieldTurf, a next-generation infilled synthetic turf, which was most recently replaced in 2009. When the stadium reopened in 1998, its surface was SportGrass, a hybrid of natural grass and artificial turf.