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/ August 29, 2026
Rossetti Architects was a Detroit-based architecture firm founded in 1969 by Gino Rossetti, initially focused on healthcare, corporate and retail work before pivoting toward large-scale sports and entertainment design. The firm’s breakthrough came in 1984, when it was hired to design The Palace of Auburn
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/ August 29, 2026
AECOM is a multinational infrastructure consulting firm, currently headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that ranks among the most prolific players in modern stadium and arena development. Formed in 1990, the company grew into a Fortune 500 engineering giant with roughly 51,000 employees worldwide, offering architecture, engineering,
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/ August 29, 2026
Ellerbe Becket began in 1909 as a small St. Paul, Minnesota practice called Ellerbe & Co., founded by Franklin Ellerbe and built on decades of healthcare and institutional work for clients like the Mayo Clinic. The firm stayed employee-owned after Thomas Ellerbe’s son took the
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/ August 29, 2026
Osborn Engineering was a Cleveland, Ohio firm that, in the early 20th century, quietly became the most prolific stadium designer in American sports history. Founded on July 1, 1892 by structural engineer Frank C. Osborn, the company started out building bridges and industrial steel structures
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/ August 29, 2026
MANICA Architecture is a sports and entertainment venue design firm founded in 2007 by David Manica and headquartered in Kansas City, Kansas, with an additional office in London. Before starting his own practice, David Manica worked at HOK Sport, where he served as lead designer
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/ August 29, 2026
HNTB is an American architecture and civil engineering firm headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, with roots going back to 1914. Today it ranks among the top twenty architecture and engineering firms in the United States, and its dedicated sports architecture practice is one of the
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/ August 29, 2026
Gensler is a global design and architecture firm founded in 1965 in San Francisco by Art Gensler, his wife Drue Gensler, and James Follett. What began as a corporate interiors practice has grown into the largest architecture firm in the world by revenue, generating roughly
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/ August 29, 2026
HOK is a global architecture, engineering, and design firm founded in 1955 in St. Louis, Missouri, by George F. Hellmuth, Gyo Obata, and George Kassabaum, three graduates of Washington University’s School of Architecture. While the firm built its early reputation on schools, corporate campuses, and
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/ August 29, 2026
HKS Architects is a Dallas, Texas-based architecture firm founded in 1939 by Harwood K. Smith that grew from a small local office into one of the most prolific sports venue designers in the world. Over more than eight decades, the firm expanded into a global
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/ August 29, 2026
Populous is a global architecture and design firm best known for shaping the modern era of sports venues, from retro-style ballparks to Olympic stadiums. Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, with regional hubs in London and Brisbane, the firm traces its roots to 1983, when it
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