Sports & Entertainment
Delivering facilities that unite and inspire.
Sports and Entertainment Capabilities
From iconic stadiums and arenas to intimate performance venues and entertainment complexes, Kiewit delivers spaces where communities gather to celebrate. These specialized projects require a deep understanding of acoustics, sightlines, crowd flow and the unique operational requirements that make great entertainment venues.
Sports and entertainment facilities demand expertise in complex structural systems and specialized lighting and sound requirements. From large stadiums to intimate cultural venues, Kiewit has a broad portfolio of experience and a strong track record in delivering these specialized facilities.
The Kiewit Advantage for Sports & Entertainment
Critical Path Control
Sports and entertainment venues often have non-negotiable opening dates tied to seasons, tours or major events. Kiewit excels in managing crucial aspects of these complex projects, optimizing schedules to meet critical deadlines while delivering on-time, on-budget projects with greater cost and schedule certainty.
Industry-Leading Technology
Backed by over 200 million work hours of performance data, Kiewit leverages industry-leading construction management software to inform critical decisions in complex entertainment environments and provide real-time project visibility essential for coordinating specialized systems, acoustics and technology infrastructure.
Local Partner, National Resources
Kiewit brings the personal attention sports and entertainment clients deserve as a local contractor, combined with access to a vast network of national resources and specialized venue construction expertise.
Key Capabilities
- Professional sports stadiums and arenas
- Performing arts centers and concert halls
- Convention and exhibition centers
- Entertainment complexes and casinos
- Community recreation and fitness centers
- Outdoor amphitheaters and festival venues
Inglewood Stadium Excavations and MSE Wall
Kiewit received an ASCE Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) Honor Award for our work on the SoFi stadium project, including over five million cubic yards of excavation and construction on the mechanically stabilized earth wall around the stadium. Our alternate designs and work on the stadium’s embankment, roof columns and associated foundations helped ensure the project was completed on schedule.
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Charles Schwab Field Omaha
Kiewit constructed the 24,000-seat baseball stadium built to provide a venue for the annual College World Series for the next 25 years. The park also plays host to several other sports and entertainment events, including Creighton baseball, outdoor concerts and special events. Kiewit worked with multiple stakeholders, including neighborhood businesses and residents, the City of Omaha, the NCAA and the Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority to make sure affected parties felt their concerns were being addressed.
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