SPORTS BUSINESS JOURNAL DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT In this Power Players section, Sports Business Journal recognizes the leaders ARCHITECTS DEVELOPERS in facility design and development. From architects and construction firms AECOM ASM Global to acoustics and retractable roof experts, these are the folks who are Brisbin Brook Beynon / Legends at the planning table at the beginning and whose visions SCI Architects Oak View Group ultimately make each venue unique. CannonDesign Sports Facilities DLR Group Companies Our Power Players series launched on April 18, 2016, with a look at the EwingCole The Cordish Companies Generator Studio influencers in the design and construction world. This is the first time that TEAMS Gensler we have revisited a sector, but with a record $8.9 billion in facility openings Miami Dolphins HKS this year, we thought it was an appropriate time. Los Angeles Dodgers HNTB HOK SPECIALISTS You might notice a slight change in the scope of companies compared with ANC Jones Lang LaSalle Cisco our first Power Players. Changes in security requirements, media production, Pendulum Studio Daktronics environmental concerns, game-day expectations and the increase Manica Architecture Dimensional in the number of these venues that serve as anchors to mixed-use sites Moody Nolan Innovations mean there are more shareholders involved on day one than there used to be. Perkins&Will Omni Hotels & Resorts Populous Samsung North But while the editorial staff of SBJ made the final decisions on who would Rossetti America make this list, the primary source of information came from industry peers. tvsdesign Wrightson, Johnson, We asked things like: “What competitor do you respect the most?” and Haddon and Williams CONSTRUCTION “What vendor do you want with you at the table from the beginning?” AECOM Hunt OWNERS REPRESENTATIVES As you read through these pages, you’ll see a lot of familiar faces. Barton Malow CAA ICON But you will also see some folks you have never heard of, Gilbane even though they’ve been behind the scenes for years. Mascaro Construction ENGINEERS Manhattan Construction ME Engineers The result was a total of 89 people and 45 companies who stood out Mortenson Thornton Tomasetti for their ability to develop new concepts that would stand the test of time, PCL Construction Walter P Moore renovate existing spaces to maximize revenue, secure funding and Shawmut Design & Stories by Construction public support, and push the boundaries of technology so fans feel safe, David Broughton Turner Construction and Karn Dhingra WWW.SPORTSBUSINESSJOURNAL.COMentertained and wanting to come back. NOVEMBER 16-22, 2020 | 19 DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT ARCHITECTS BILL HANWAY MURRAY BEYNON Executive Vice President and Principal Global Sports Leader CHRIS O’REILLY JON NIEMUTH Principal Vice President and Director of Sports, Americas Brisbin Brook Beynon AECOM Architects / SCI Architects HANWAY AND NIEMUTH are leading the design of BEYNON AND O’REILLY teamed up over the past few the Los Angeles Clippers’ new arena, which is years to oversee more than $1.5 billion in modern- scheduled to open in 2024. Hanway also is izing some of the country’s busiest arenas: Madi- directing the team for the Los Angeles 2028 son Square Garden; TD Garden in Boston; The Olympic and Paralympic Games, for which the Forum in Inglewood, Calif.; Vivint Smart Home firm will provide design, engineering, Arena in Salt Lake City; and the transformation of construction strategy and other services. the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Beynon co- Niemuth, whose résumé includes work on the founded the Toronto-based firm in 1984, and his ex- Sacramento Kings’ Golden 1 Center and pertise lies in introducing new revenue streams renovations of Baylor Basketball Pavilion, early in the design and planning process. O’Reilly Clemson’s Littlejohn Coliseum, Houston’s football joined him in 1988 and brings sustainable strate- complex and Fertitta Center and Kansas State’s gies to every project, from minimizing energy use Bill Synder Family Stadium, said that AECOM is to lobbying for projects to be located in downtown discerning about the projects it takes on. “We are areas to maximize the use of a city’s existing infra- very selective in the types of clients and projects structure. In addition to helping clients navigate we want to be involved in,” he said, “targeting the COVID-19 landscape, they are in the planning those opportunities where personal relationship, stage with Mortenson on Arizona State’s new $120 innovation, and collaboration are valued.” — K.D. million arena scheduled to open in 2022. — D.B. Stephan Gripari; Kenny Johnson; Courtesy of BBB / SCI Architects (2) SCI Architects of BBB / Johnson; Courtesy Gripari; Kenny Stephan 20 | NOVEMBER 16-22, 2020 WWW.SPORTSBUSINESSJOURNAL.COM SPORTS BUSINESS JOURNAL COLLEEN MCKENNA Principal and Sports and Recreation Practice Leader DON BARNUM TOM TINGLE CannonDesign Principal Senior Associate MCKENNA, WHO has worked on design teams for over 100 facili- DLR Group ties throughout the United States and Canada, including Boston College’s Margot Connell Recreation Center and UNC Char- BARNUM LEADS the firm’s global sports studio, and the recent $315 million renovation lotte’s Recreation Center, says sport and recreation is in the and modernization of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was the latest in an midst of a convergence, with facilities being designed and built architectural career that has spanned 35 years. Since coming to DLR from HOK in to bring health, wellness and human performance together in a 2000, the Iowa State grad’s résumé includes Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb.; holistic and complementary way. “We push our clients to knock CHI Health Center Omaha; West Texas A&M’s new football stadium; and FedEx down silos, blur boundaries between these fields and unleash Field’s 30-foot-tall “Solar Man,” a working solar system that is also a work of art. their full potential,” she said. “A great example of this is the Tingle, who joined DLR Group from Skanska in 2017, is known for his work on Class University of Maryland’s Cole Field House: It’s a football train- AAA ballparks in Durham, N.C., and Wichita, Kan., as well as Petco Park, where it ing facility with elite athletic and academic resources that is was his idea to put the left field foul pole on the corner of the iconic Western Metal also surrounded by the Center for Sports Medicine, Health and building. His work also includes the Spectrum Center in Charlotte and renovations Human Performance, an orthopedic clinical treatment center, at Kentucky’s Commonwealth Stadium and Cincinnati’s Fifth Third Arena. — D.B. and an academy for innovation and entrepreneurship.” — K.D. ELEVATING the LIVE EXPERIENCE www.sciarch.com TD GARDEN WELLS FARGO CENTER UTAH JAZZ VIVINT ARENA MAPLE LEAF GARDENS MADISON SQUARE GARDEN LA FORUM Courtesy of DLR Group (2); Courtesy of Cannon Design (2); Courtesy of DLR Group Courtesy WWW.SPORTSBUSINESSJOURNAL.COMBBB_SCIA_Power_Players_Ad_Nov_2020.indd 1 NOVEMBER 16-22,2020-10-29 2020 2:35:27 PM| 21 DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT ARCHITECTS JONATHAN RYAN ANDREW PETER EMMETT SICKMAN Principal and Design Director Principal and Sports Leader KESEL BROEDER Senior Project Manager Senior Project Designer Gensler Generator Studio WITH MORE THAN 10 years at the firm, Emmett directed the design vision for the Dallas Cowboys headquarters and training facility, The Star, in Frisco, KESEL’S FOCUS with the Kansas City-based firm has been on arena Texas, and LAFC’s Banc of California Stadium, along with the interior renovations and NHL practice facilities, which is showcased in his design for Chase Center in San Francisco. He is designing a new stadium recent work: a three-rink practice facility and community ice center and training facility for MLS expansion team Austin FC. Sickman’s work for the Seattle Kraken totaling $75 million in scope. Previously, he includes Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, the Capital One Center renovation, executed projects for the St. Louis Blues, Minnesota Vikings and the Carolina Panthers’ bunker suites at Bank of America Stadium, South Kansas City Royals. Broeder, who joined Generator from HOK last Carolina’s football operations building and Maryland’s basketball year, has led projects with the Kraken and the Atlanta Falcons and performance facility. Emmett noted that Gensler’s sports practice, led by United at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. In addition to professional sports, Ron Turner, taps into diverse expertise from around the firm including Broeder has experience with college clients covering master hospitality, retail, digital experience, branding, health and wellness. — K.D. planning, programming and project design. — K.D. WILLIAM CRAIG GEORGE MCCULLOUGH SCHMITT BUSHEY Director of Sports and Entertainment Principal Regional Director of Sports and Principal and Entertainment – Atlanta EwingCole EWINGCOLE’S TWO sports and entertainment leads — McCullough and Schmitt — have a combined 42 years with the company, whose design leadership in health care, science, technology and culture often informs its sports practice. Schmitt, with work on MetLife Stadium and upgrades to Citizens Bank Park, described the firm as being made up of “seller-doers.” “Our senior sports architects don’t just work to close the sale, they remain involved in the project with sleeves rolled up from the client kickoff meeting to project completion,” he said. McCullough, whose extensive work on college facilities includes the $60 million renovation of Villanova University’s Finneran Pavilion, said the firm’s future projects will involve a push to investigate and emphasize designs that are environmentally sustainable. Industry veteran Bushey joined the practice last year, bringing experience in developing North Carolina State’s athletics facilities plan. — K.D. of EwingCole (3) (2); Courtesy (2); Adri Guyer of Gensler Courtesy 22 | NOVEMBER 16-22, 2020 WWW.SPORTSBUSINESSJOURNAL.COM SPORTS BUSINESS JOURNAL LANCE EVANS Principal and Director of Sports HKS EVANS LED the design of the Los Angeles Rams’ $5 billion SoFi Stadium and has been with the Dallas- based firm for 16 years.