The design-build team is composed of SB Ballard Construction (Norfolk), Clark Nexsen Architecture/Engineering (Norfolk’041, Walter P. Moore Structural Engineering and Ellerbe Becket (Kansas City).
In addition to the new end zone building, the project includes a new playing surface, scoreboard, sound system and field enclosure. The end zone building houses 24 suites and 400 loge seats, as well as club lounge space. A new 727-space parking garage will be attached to the end zone building.
The project goal is to establish both a prominent entry point to campus and an active gathering place at the stadium's south end, according to Ellerbe Becket’s Design Director Jon Niemuth, AIA. “We made some very specific moves to create connections to campus and opportunities for interaction between fans and team members,” said Niemuth.
Twelve of the suites will have their own patio overlooking the plaza south of the complex, while the loge seating area includes an 8,000-sf patio on the second level. Another 7,500-sf enclosed terrace will look over the south end zone.
Work will begin later this year with completion date set for August 2009, in time for the debut of the new Monarch football program. The new building’s exterior materials create a harmony with the existing stadium that Niemuth says makes a modern statement appropriate for the resurrected Old Dominion football program. “The minimal detailing, simple arches and brick façade of the existing stadium are all featured on the lower portions of the parking garage and game day building, creating a continuous masonry base anchored to the original stadium architecture,” Niemuth said.
Ellerbe Becket has worked with more than 100 colleges and universities to deliver today’s most successful collegiate athletic facilities. Projects include new football stadiums for the University of Connecticut (Rentschler Field) and SMU (Gerald J. Ford Stadium), as well as stadium renovations at Texas Tech (Jones AT&T Stadium) and UNLV (Sam Boyd Stadium). The firm’s latest college football project – the new Aggie Stadium at the University of California, Davis – opened this fall.
An innovator since its founding in 1909, Ellerbe Becket is a leader in architecture, engineering, interiors and the construction industry with office locations worldwide.
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