From huge multiyear jobs to sports parks and arenas, stadium projects in 2024 are enlivening cities across North America. Some are new construction, like CPKC Stadium, while others, like the Scotiabank Arena, are elaborate remodels of old structures.
4 stadium projects being revamped in 2024
Rogers Centre
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Contractor: PCL Construction
Budget: $300 million
For the last two offseasons, PCL Construction has continued renovations on the Rogers Centre, home of MLB’s Toronto Blue Jays. The first phase of the $300 million renovation completed in April 2023 included a new weight room, staff locker room, more social spaces and patios, and seat replacements.
The second phase of the project includes a reimagined 100-level seating bowl and structure designed for baseball viewing. The bowl structure allows for seats facing the infield, improved sightlines, and closer seats to the action. A new Blue Jays clubhouse and the construction of three new premium clubs and seating sections are also part of the second phase.
The stadium’s lower bowl was demolished in October when the contractor removed and recycled a whopping 29.5 million pounds of concrete and steel in just 13 days. Field-level excavations to make room for new facilities and premium clubs followed, along with the removal of 780 truckloads of material and bringing in another 530.
More than 300 workers will be on-site daily during the second phase of work, which is set to be completed by opening day on April 11, 2024.
Scotiabank Arena
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Contractor: PCL Construction
Budget: $350 million
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) is investing $350 million into another revamp of the 25-year-old Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada, with the help of PCL Constructors to further enhance the best-in-class sports and entertainment destination.
The all-new Mastercard Lounge is the first of its kind, featuring a shared member’s space overlooking the bowl from the southwest corner of the 200 level. It also offers a premium viewing and dining experience. The revamp of Mastercard Executive Suites, complete with stone accents, enhanced in-suite technology, convertible accessible seating, and vaulted ceilings, will expand fans’ views during sporting events.
Once the Maple Leafs and Raptors 2023-24 season wraps up, a complete revamp of the 100 Level concourse will begin along with the construction of new innovative spaces within the walls of the arena.
PCL Construction originally led the design and construction of the venue with the help of Brisbin Brook Beynon (BBB) Architects.
Intuit Dome
Location: Inglewood, California, USA
Contractor: AECOM Hunt and Turner
Budget: $2 billion
The joint partnership between AECOM Hunt and Turner for the revamp of the Intuit Dome is a historic one for basketball fans. The facility in Inglewood, California, is packed with nostalgia and amenities, featuring reclaimed wood from local basketball courts incorporated into the floors and walls and a basketball jersey from every high school team in California lining the concourse.
With five basketball courts, including two-player practice courts, a promotional court, an outdoor court, and a game court, the Intuit Dome will have more courts than any NBA arena. It will also feature the largest double-sided halo display in an arena setting (38,376 square feet) and a modern bowl design that puts spectators closer to the action. Fans sitting in a Row 20 seat will be 45 feet closer than at the Los Angeles Clippers’ previous home, Crypto.com Arena.
Work on the $2 billion project began in January 2022, with the concrete frame finished in July 2022. The arena will have seats for close to 18,000 fans.
The project is set to be completed by Fall 2024, allowing the Clippers’’ new season to commence at the arena. According to the Clippers’ fact sheet, the project will create over 7,000 construction jobs over its lifecycle.
CPKC Stadium
Location: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Contractor: J.E. Dunn/Monarch Build
Budget: $117 million
CPKC Stadium will be the world’s first stadium built specifically for a women’s professional sports team. It is expected to open at the start of the 2024 National Women’s Soccer League season and will be the home of the Kansas City Current.
Located at Berkely Riverfront Park, the stadium will have 11,500 seats, all set within 100 feet of the field.
Construction partners J.E. Dunn of Kansas City, the women-owned Monarch Build, and the female-led Henderson Engineers of Lenexa, Kansas, are tackling the privately funded $117 million project.
The project was first announced in 2021, but the new name, CPKC Stadium, was just announced to the public last year, with Canadian Pacific Kansas City, the only railroad connecting Canada, the U.S., and Mexico, claiming the naming rights.