Jaguars select design firm to redesign stadium, add roof

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Structure organization, HOK, tells Initially Coastline News it has been picked as the architect for the Jacksonville Jaguars stadium redesign. HOK could not provide any supplemental facts on the style or project. 

HOK aided redesign Tough Rock Stadium, the home of the Miami Dolphins. 

“We imagined they did an remarkable task of comprehension this making as it currently exists and addressing the a lot of difficulties in a really inventive way,” Lamping mentioned to VenuesNow.com.

A Jaguars spokesperson wouldn’t validate or deny the facts in the VenuesNow.com report, but a stadium redesign that includes a roof has been portion of ongoing conversations. 

Jacksonville’s Downtown Progress site 1stDownTown discusses various areas of improvement at TIAA Financial institution Subject, like shade on all seats. 

“One of the factors that we uncovered that we have confidence in is just how comfy a stadium can be that has a full roof, if you are delicate to air circulation,” Lamping explained to VenuesNow. “That’s 1 of the best items about SoFi they did a truly superior career of designing a stadium to increase air stream in the seating bowl. We really do not want a local weather-managed developing in Jacksonville any a lot more than they will need one particular in LA, but we do want shade on all the seats and security from the rain if we hope to maximize the total of non-NFL small business that we can give back again to the stadium.” 

The addition of a roof is a welcome prospect for enthusiasts who have endured years of brutal warmth. 

“If you are a year ticket holder, and you might be there each individual Sunday — primarily in the course of the most popular times of the yr,” claims Jags enthusiast Jessie Pawlish, “‘Everybody is just like, ‘When are we heading to get it? Why you should not we have it? What do we will need to do to get it?'” 

Mayor Lenny Curry said in a statement: 

“No staff has carried out additional for the Jacksonville neighborhood than our quite have Jacksonville Jaguars. As we look ahead to a pretty interesting NFL Saturday, my administration is doing the job to be certain a continued constructive enthusiast experience in Downtown and at TIAA Lender Subject. As section of this dedication, we are partnering with the Jaguars to begin the process for future stadium renovations. It is all early, but we are committed to ongoing operate with the Jaguars to commit in a lively Downtown. I am confident that long run administrations will have on this legacy of investing in our teams, our infrastructure, and amplifying the call of DUUUVAL.”