49ers COO Al Guido confident sod OK for Sunday s game, but will be evaluated after; FieldTurf not option; prep games …

49ers chief operating officer Al Guido says new sod will be installed at Levis Stadium by the end of Friday and be ready for Sundays exhibition against the San Diego Chargers.

After that game, the field will be pulled up again for inspection, and that sod might be placed back down or replaced by another strain of grass.

The sod that arrived at Levis Stadium at 4 a.m. Friday is 1 1/2 inches thicker than the Bermuda Bandera that was put in four months ago at the $1.3 billion stadium.

As a fallout of the sod issue, Levis Stadium will not host a pair of high school football games next Friday. Instead, the 49ers plan to host those four teams in late October for eight games: Oct. 10 features Santa Clara vs. Wilcox, then Elk Grove vs. Jesuit; Oct. 11: Oakdale vs. Manteca, then James Logan vs. De La Salle.

The Mexico-Chile friendly soccer game will indeed go on as schedule Sept. 6, Guido said.

Changing to artificial grass, or FieldTurf, is not an option being explored.

Here is the start of his question-and-answer session with the media:

Where do things stand now?

Were putting the finishing touches on laying the sod down now. We got it out past the numbers and theyre moving really quick. It should be done in a few hours here.

Its a deeper cut now?

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