Makes sense. I’ll never know how big ‘a football field’ is as I’ve never seen one. I assume it’s just under half a hectare (which is 1 hectometer on a side).
Including end zones, an American football field is precisely 360 feet long and 160 feet wide, or approximately 110m x 50m. The area is 1.32 acres.
It’s precisely defined so I’m okay with it being used as an area of length or area, especially since virtually all Americans have personal experience with football fields, having at the very least been required to run four laps of the quarter-mile track you usually find wrapped around one.
Makes sense. I’ll never know how big ‘a football field’ is as I’ve never seen one. I assume it’s just under half a hectare (which is 1 hectometer on a side).
Including end zones, an American football field is precisely 360 feet long and 160 feet wide, or approximately 110m x 50m. The area is 1.32 acres.
It’s precisely defined so I’m okay with it being used as an area of length or area, especially since virtually all Americans have personal experience with football fields, having at the very least been required to run four laps of the quarter-mile track you usually find wrapped around one.
I know they’re at least 100 yards long. And a yard is about the same as a meter.