{"id":17989,"date":"2023-06-07T17:52:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T00:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/bills-break-ground-as-plan-move-and-jags-drop-renderings-latest-in-stadium-construction-news\/"},"modified":"2023-06-07T17:52:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T00:52:22","slug":"bills-break-ground-as-plan-move-and-jags-drop-renderings-latest-in-stadium-construction-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/bills-break-ground-as-plan-move-and-jags-drop-renderings-latest-in-stadium-construction-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills break ground, A\u2019s plan move and Jags drop renderings: Latest in stadium construction news"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week the Buffalo Bills broke ground on the New Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York. Down south, the Jacksonville Jaguars unveiled plans for a new stadium renovation. Here are recent news developments on those major stadium projects and others around the U.S.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tennessee Titans<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Project: New stadium<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Cost: $2.1 billion<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Location: Nashville, Tennessee<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

Rather than renovate 24-year-old Nissan Stadium, the NFL\u2019s Tennessee Titans are moving forward with plans for a new, $2.1 billion enclosed stadium along the east bank of the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee. That price tag would make it among the most <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>expensive stadiums ever built<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The project deal, approved by the Nashville city council in April, is the largest in the city\u2019s history, and includes at least $1.26 billion in public funding, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>according to the Tennessean<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, which would make it the largest public subsidy for a stadium in U.S. history.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Project plans indicate the final project will be a 60,000-seat, 1.7 million-square-foot venue on 15 acres of city-owned land, surrounded by a 20-acre campus dubbed \u201cStadium Village,\u201d the Tennessean reported. The plans include 5,000 fewer parking spots than currently available at Nissan Stadium.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

No general contractor has been announced, but the franchise has <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>tapped Atlanta-based TVS<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> to serve as architect of record, a move approved by the Metropolitan Sports Authority at a May 18 board meeting. TVS will work in tandem with design architect MANICA to lead through the design process \u2014 TVS is responsible for delivering construction documents and will hold contracts with subs to complete the design.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Oakland A\u2019s<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Project: Relocation, new stadium<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Cost: $1.5 billion<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Location: Las Vegas<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n
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The Oakland Athletics are <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>gambling on a move to Las Vegas<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, signing an agreement to purchase 49 acres of land near the Strip with the intent of building a $1.5 billion, 35,000-seat Major League Baseball park. The team released renderings of the stadium in late May.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The move would end a long struggle to keep the team in its home city of Oakland, where it has played since 1968.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Clark County leaders and the A\u2019s reached a tentative agreement on a stadium funding package late last month, according to the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>. The agreement includes as much as $380 million in public funding.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But the move still isn\u2019t finalized: MLB team owners must vote to approve the relocation. That could come as soon as the mid-June owners meeting in New York, the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Las Vegas Review-Journal reported<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has expressed support for the relocation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Buffalo Bills<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Project: New Highmark Stadium<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Cost: $1.4 billion<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Location: Orchard Park, New York<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

At the groundbreaking event, Terry Pegula, owner and CEO of the team, announced the franchise had finalized a new naming rights deal with Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield to continue its partnership.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Highmark Stadium is the name of the existing Bills stadium \u2014 previously Ralph Wilson Stadium \u2014 so the project will be referred to as \u201cNew Highmark Stadium\u201d until construction is finished in 2026, in time for the season to begin in September of that year.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Financing for the stadium<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> will come from multiple sources: The Bills and the NFL will provide $550 million, Erie County $250 million and New York state $600 million. Kansas City-based architecture firm Populous designed the stadium.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Providence, Rhode Island-based Gilbane and New York City-based Turner have built 5.5 million square feet together over 25 years of collaboration. Combined, the contractors have built or renovated 16 NFL stadiums.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jacksonville Jaguars<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Project: Stadium renovation<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Cost: $1 billion <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
Location: Jacksonville, Florida<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n
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The <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Jacksonville Jaguars released renderings<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> Wednesday for their stadium project, renovating TIAA Bank Field and developing the area around it.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Team owner Shad Khan said in the announcement the process began in 2016, with team execs and city leaders discussing the pros and cons of renovating the existing stadium or building a new one. Ultimately, it landed on updates to the current venue \u2014 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>which Florida Politics.com reported <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>could cost from $875 million to $1.03 billion.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The franchise has tapped St. Louis, Missouri-based HOK for the design and AECOM Hunt and Barton Malow as preconstruction manager.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

On Monday, stakeholders turned dirt on the Buffalo Bills new stadium, a $1.4 billion project to be constructed by a Gilbane-Turner joint venture. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>According to the NFL franchise<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, the project is the largest ever built in western New York. The canopy-covered stadium will have seats to accommodate 63,000 fans.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n