The idea of flooding Lambeau Field’s famously frozen tundra for a college hockey game this weekend might seem like a natural – but nature actually has very little to do with the transformation under way on the stadium playing field.
More than 30 miles of plastic pipes coursing with 3,000 gallons of pink anti-freeze have been laid on a plywood platform on the north end of the football field. The fluid, chilled to around 10 degrees Fahrenheit by a rumbling 300-ton refrigeration system parked under the stands, is needed to ensure that the gridiron has been properly iced in time for the 3 p.m. Saturday faceoff between the University of Wisconsin Badgers and the Ohio State Buckeyes.