The University of Texas (UT) at Austin opened its 2021 Texas Longhorns football season Sept. 4 by debuting its new approximately $175-million 240,000 square-foot south end zone expansion that not only fully encloses the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium for the first time in the 97-year history of the previously horseshoe-shaped sports arena but includes an industry-first team logo carved into the new seating bowl.
The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum had done its duty. Opened in 1972 in Uniondale, N.Y., the Coliseum not only had honored the military sacrifice of local veterans in Long Island’s Nassau County but had served as home to the one-time American Basketball Association’s New York Nets and the National Hockey League’s New York Islanders as well as hosted major events and concerts, including performances by Elvis Presley, Madonna and Bruce Springsteen.
| Project Name: | University of North Texas’ (UNT) Apogee Stadium |
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| Project Location: | Denton, Texas |
| Alucobond Materials: | 48,320 sq. ft. 4mm Sunrise Silver Metallic 1,334 sq. ft. 4mm Custom Mean Green |
| Year of Installation: | 2011 |
| Architect: | HKS, Inc. – Dallas |
| Fabricator/Installer: | NOW Specialties Carrollton, Texas |
| General Contractor: | Manhattan Construction Co., Dallas |
| Images: | Daryl Shields – HKS |
The University of North Texas’ (UNT) Apogee Stadium – the first newly constructed collegiate football stadium in the nation to earn LEED Platinum certification – opened in Denton, Texas, in September 2011 as the new home of Mean Green football.
| Project Name: | LIVESTRONG Sporting Park |
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| Project Location: | Kansas City, Kansas |
| Alucobond Materials: | 27,080 sq ft 6mm custom Willmer Blue 18,380 sq ft 6mm custom ATCT Gray 10,710 sq ft 6mm custom Pewter 4,630 sq ft 6mm custom Tucson Medium Gray |
| Year of Installation: | 2011 |
| Architect: | Populous, Kansas City, Mo. |
| Fabricator/Installer: | A2MG, Inc., Kansas City, Mo. |
| General Contractor: | Turner Construction Co. Kansas City, Mo., office |
| Images: | Alistair Tutton Photography |
The new $200-million LIVESTRONG Sporting Park – which opened in June 2011 in Kansas City, Kan., as home to the Sporting Kansas City Major League Soccer (MLS) team – was designed to be the United States’ first world-class soccer stadium. This 340,000 square-foot stadium situated on a 14-acre site features 18,500 seats and includes 36 luxury suites and five clubs. LIVESTRONG Sporting Park boasts a 75-yard by 120-yard playing field with a natural grass surface that includes an under-soil heating and moisture management system. The stadium’s state-of-the-art communications systems utilizes 300 HDTVs broadcasting through an IPTV network as well as two HD video boards, including the main 2,016 square-foot board on the stadium’s south end and a 550 square-foot board on the north end. LIVESTRONG Sporting Park is the first MLS stadium to be fully lighted for HDTV.
