Why Chiefs’ midfield, end zone logos in Arrowhead Stadium for Chargers Thursday night game look like they’re from 1972

If you’re watching Thursday night’s Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs game — airing on Amazon Prime, by the way, as are almost all the rest of the Thursday NFL games in 2022 — and seeing some very old-fashioned looking logos on the field … you’re not alone.

Arrowhead Stadium is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and so the field design crew dialed it all the way back to 1972 and painted the end zones and midfield logos as they were back in that year.

It’s pretty cool to see the look back then and the look Thursday night, side by side, which the Chiefs delivered earlier this week:

An icon 50 years in the making. pic.twitter.com/q6zXFlQR5z

— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) September 14, 2022

Thanks to @Twillhog75 for this sneak peek of the Chiefs turf painted to resemble Arrowhead’s debut 50 years ago. Red & gold endzones & the original Arrowhead Stadium logo at midfield. pic.twitter.com/28yTA1HUKt

— Jason Lamb (@JasonLambKSN) September 14, 2022

Neat!