Sports venue design
Our team designs and delivers major sports and entertainment venues throughout the world.
From lead architecture to specialist operational advisory insights, we offer the full range of multidisciplinary skills needed to deliver iconic venues, well-loved by fans and communities alike.
Our work ranges from specialist seating bowl and sports venue architecture, through numerous specialist engineering disciplines to the design of the field of play itself. Arup have worked to design and deliver sports venues since our first stadium project in 1963, with a dedicated Sports design team established in 2000.
Since then, our team has been responsible for design and delivery of over 250 sports buildings, projects ranging from community facilities through to stadiums and arenas that host the world’s most high profile sporting events, with a combined construction value of over $20bn.
Working as creative partners, we work with venue owners, organising committees, architects, contractors and event operators to navigate the complex requirements that shape a successful event venue.
As the new home of the Las Vegas Raiders football team, Allegiant Stadium is an iconic addition to the Las Vegas strip. With 65,000 seats that can be expanded by 7,000 additional seats during major events, it is the largest entertainment venue in Las Vegas. Arup helped bring the unique stadium to life, providing structural and façade engineering as well as building maintenance for the project.
From concept design to completion in only 40 months, Allegiant Stadium is the fastest designed and constructed US football stadium of its size. The fast-track Design-Build delivery method was essential in completing the stadium on budget and on time.
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Realizing a sustainable, world-class athletic facility through innovative mass timber design and energy-efficient mechanical systems
San Antonio Spurs Victory Capital Performance Center, USA
Sustainable design for Italy's largest indoor venue
CTS Eventim Arena, Italy
Redesigning Madrid’s legendary Santiago Bernabéu football stadium to welcome an ever-growing audience
Santiago Bernabéu stadium, Spain
Building a state-of-the-art new home for the Las Vegas Raiders - Allegiant Stadium
Allegiant Stadium, USA
Sport
We work across the sports ecosystem with venue owners, organising committees, designers, contractors and event operators to deliver a wide range of integrated multi-disciplinary solutions that can resolve the complex relationships specific to sports venues and events.