Nov. 01--Maintenance crews worked with push brooms before the start of Sunday's Vikings-Bears game at Soldier Field to straighten painted yard lines that were wavy, particularly near the hashmarks.
New sod was installed at Soldier Field the week of Oct. 5 after the Oct. 4 game against the Raiders, the most recent home game for the Bears.
Per NFL rules, the field was covered by a tarp earlier this weekend because of the rain.
"The wavy lines are a result of the tarp being down all day yesterday due to the rain," said Soldier Field spokesperson Luca Serra in an email to the Tribune. "The lines always move to some degree when the field is tarped depending on temps and humidity levels and requires grounds crew to adjust them after."
The lines were painted on the field on Friday. After the work done, the lines looked better prior to kickoff.
