Jaguars pick design firm for stadium upgrades, will include shade roof, reduced seating capacity: report

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Important renovations at TIAA Financial institution Area look to be shifting forward.

According to a current report posted by industry insider Venues Now, the Jacksonville Jaguars have selected world wide style and design business HOK as their specialist for the task, while no agreement experienced been signed, as of very last 7 days.

It is the very same business behind the renovations at the Miami Dolphins stadium and the new Atlanta Falcons stadium. HOK was competing in opposition to seven other firms.

“We considered they did an exceptional job of comprehension this developing as it at the moment exists and addressing the numerous difficulties in a extremely resourceful way,” Jaguars President Mark Lamping explained to Venues Now. “Everybody seemed at the roof a minor in different ways. All the submissions have been truly potent, but we felt HOK was a small bit improved.”

The preliminary principles include a shade roof covering the seating bowl and downsizing from about 67,000 to around 57,500-60,000 set seats, Lamping informed the publication.

A roof is some thing 81% of enthusiasts instructed the workforce they desperately preferred in a study final yr.

“Our admirers want to see shade on the seats,” Lamping explained to Information4JAX previous yr, referencing the survey. “Not stunning, they’d like it to be less difficult to get about the stadium in phrases of the vertical transportation to get from amount to stage.

Lamping advised Venues Now it is nonetheless not very clear how substantially the job will price tag.

News4JAX very last checked in with Lamping in August, and he claimed the ideas for a renovation were being going along following a long time of planning.

News4JAX tried using to converse to Lamping on Wednesday to validate the specifics in the report he was quoted in, but we did not listen to back from him or the workforce just after many attempts. Some estimates place a stadium makeover at amongst $600 and $800 million.

Lamping has claimed the system is to type a general public-personal partnership to finance the updates.

Important renovations for TIAA Bank Field are not particularly a new subject matter. The stadium has gone through improvements about the several years, including the addition of upgraded club seats and videoboards, adding pools, and updating the South Finish Zone. Flex Industry and Daily’s Place were being also additional.

But to keep the workforce in Jacksonville extensive term — the lease settlement in between the staff and the town expires in 2030 — major improvements to TIAA Lender Discipline need to have to transpire. And 75% of NFL house owners (24 of 32) want to approve people improvements ahead of any lease agreement happens.