LaLiga Santander: RCD Espanyol installs Playmaster hybrid pitch technology at the RCDE Stadium

RCD Espanyol (LaLiga Santander) have replaced the natural pitch at the RCDE Stadium in Cornellà and El Prat de Llobregat (40,500 capacity) with a hybrid turf with Playmaster technology, developed by GrassMaster Solutions, according to the Barcelona club on 20/08/2018.

The change of pitch is part of the investments made by RCD Espanyol in 2018 to improve and modernise the RCDE Stadium, as well as its training center, the Dani Jarque Sports Complex in Sant Adria Besos. The cost of installing the hybrid pitch is estimated at €450,000 out of a total of €2.5m invested in the summer of 2018 (see below).

"The new hybrid pitch system is more durable, offers levelness, looks good and improves match-level performance, LaLiga's stadium requirements with the new TV rights regulations" said the Catalan club.

• RCD Espanyol finished eleventh in the 2017-18 LaLiga Santander Spanish first division (20 clubs); naming rights contract to the bank Santander since 2016. table with 49 points (12 wins, 13 draws and 13 defeats).
• The Catalan club are currently fourth in the 2018-19 LaLiga Santander…