Actually the field looked that way because they had a type of field grass that they removed and installed it in the new stadium at the time. Plus, they took all the seats out so those two event’s made it look so abandoned
Whoever wrote the voiceover for this piece got it COMPLETELY wrong. Time will NOT dim the glory of their deeds. Time just dimmed the glory of Memorial Stadium. The same way it dims the glory of almost all man made structures. But no, time will not dim the glory of their deeds.