The New Meadowlands Stadium would be ready come Monday night football as officials gave their stern assurance that the controversial turf field is all geared up to host the preseason encounter of the New York Jets and the New York Giants.

Questions over the facilities readiness were raised by both teams slated to play on the turf’s raw field and stadium authorities wary of losing high-profile games as the Giants’ Domenik Hixon ripped his ACL during a tune-up game last June 16.

Following the incident, both coaches and players alike aired concerns that the turf could have greatly contributed to Hixon’s injury and they wasted no time to drumbeat their feelings to the stadium’s administration.

Giants head coach Tom Coughlin had a recent tour on the place and seemed ascertained that fixes were made on the field as he recalled that “we were assured when we walked around and all our concerns have been answered.”

Stadium administrators reported that the turf was installed by FieldTurf and the company immediately launched into action and sent an independent expert to assess the state of the field when news of Hixon’s injury broke out.

FieldTurf spokesperson Chip Namias said that Andrew McNitt, a tufgrass specialist and professor of soil science at Penn State, conducted some tests on the field and concluded that the turf is totally safe even for competitive playing.

Namias said that expert evaluation showed that the filed is in excellent form with both teams affirming their satisfactions as he revealed that some modifications were implemented on the turf with ground crews leveling bits of dirt-looking rubbers and churning the infield.

Coach Coughlin added that the stadium authorities instituted improvements on the field to ensure that granules distribution was even and carefully measured every patch in order to meet the games’ specified standards.

Prior to the adjustments, safety Antrel Rollie maintained that the turf contributed to Hixon’s torn ACL as he recalled that the field felt too warm during their game and he kept on slipping in every play.

Rollie stressed that the field must be inspected to insure that no further injuries would happen especially during the onset of the regular season.

However, Namias reiterated that Hixon’s injury and the introduction of the new field simply occurred at the wrong place and at the wrong time and “there never was a problem, there was just an injury that could have happened at any time and on any surface.”