Gold Coast Titans reveal why they torch the seats at their stadium with naked flame before games

Footy fans treated to a look at the very surprising way the Gold Coast Titans prepare their stadium seats with blowtorches before every home game.

Rather than wash each seat individually, the team uses fire to keep the stadium furniture looking shiny.

The club published a video on Twitter showing that it refurbs faded seating simply by using a blowtorch in a process known as flame polishing.

They wrote on Twitter: ‘Ready for the weekend #satisfying’.

In the video clip a worker can be seen taking a naked flame to the blue plastic seats at Cbus Super Stadium to leave them looking brand new. 

The caption on the video says: ‘Did you know… we torch the seats before every home game to make them look new and shiny.’

Some fans were very impressed by the behind-the-scenes footage.

One wrote: ‘We need NRL versions of 24 hours to kick off so fans can see these type of things.’

Others couldn’t believe the club went to the effort of torching every seat in the stadium.

‘As if you do this to 28,000 seats before every home game, when people don’t even look under the seats,’ replied one fan.

‘No you don’t, what a crock of s**t,’ said another. 

It is not known if other NRL clubs flame polish their stadium seats, but the practice is used overseas.

Flame polishing makes faded seats look shiny and new – and it’s cheaper than replacing them

Motherwell FC, who play in the Scottish Premiership, recently refurbished their stadium of Fir Park and used blowtorches to spruce up their faded seats. 

Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky recently did something similar, restoring 37,800 lower-bowl seats to their original red colour in a move that’s claimed to have saved more than $5million.