LOOK: Paris High School debuts new orange-colored football field

Paris High School decided to give Boise State’s field a run for its money.

On Friday night out in Paris, KY, the Greyhounds unveiled its new orange-colored football field at Blanton Collier Stadium in a 27-6 win over Frankfort High School to begin the 2024 regular season. And when I say orange, I mean very orange — almost neon-like. The endzones are a gray color and the middle of the field features the school’s Greyhound logo, but the rest of the field is a very bright pumpkin orange that actually looks pretty cool in person.

As part of the stadium’s upgrades, fireworks shoot off from the back left corner of the field following a Paris touchdown, which you can see in the video below. According to the Herald-Leader, this new orange field was all part of a $2.8 million renovation that will soon include a new jumbotron scoreboard.

Popped over to Paris High School to check out the new orange field. It is indeed, very orange.

They also shoot off fireworks after touchdowns. I’m a fan. pic.twitter.com/F6KR2L78HK

— Zack Geoghegan (@ZGeogheganKSR) August 24, 2024

Moments from kickoff at Paris @PHS_FB_KY where the Greyhounds will face Frankfort on what folks here think is the only orange field in the nation. It’s new, it’s sharp. Updates to come. On the Northside @JoshMooreHL is covering Bryan Station @bryanstationfb vs Trinity. Let’s go pic.twitter.com/Nc1EOKcNJe

— Jared Peck (@HLpreps) August 23, 2024

HOME TEAM FRIDAY NIGHTS 🏈

We got orange turf in central Kentucky now!! 🔥

Paris debuting a new field here in Week 1, high school football is BACK!! Coach Rice letting @FOX56News in the locker room for our Inside Access segment.

Check out all the highlights tonight at 10:30pm.… pic.twitter.com/6iHF21XNRF

— Michael Epps (@MichaelEppsTV) August 23, 2024

Come Halloween, this field will be incredibly appropriate. Paris was even rocking black and orange jerseys during the win to fully buy into the spooky season vibes. The stadium was nearly full too as fans and locals had to get a first-hand look at the nontraditional field.

Paris isn’t the only high school in Kentucky that went away from the usual green turf either. Warren East (blue), Ludlow (red), and North Oldham (teal) all took a different route for the 2024 season. Personally, I’m all for the switch-up in field color. It puts a spotlight on some of the smaller schools in the state and brings more eyes to the teams playing on them.