ALLEGIANT STADIUM IN LAS VEGAS
FASTEST DESIGNED & CONSTRUCTED U.S. FOOTBALL STADIUM OF ITS SIZE
Photo Credit: Jason O’Rear
The 1.75-million-square-foot, 65,000-seat domed Allegiant Stadium — home to the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders — features one of the largest cable net roofing structures in North America, and the first to be constructed in the U.S. The 7-acre ethylene tetrafluoroethylene roof is suspended 195 feet in the air by 100 lightweight, stainless-steel cables to create an outdoor feel within the temperature-controlled facility. To erect the 24-ton system, contractors spread the 800-ft-long cables across the stadium’s lower bowl and then lifted them into place. The four 50-ft-wide glass-and-steel lanai doors at the stadium’s east end offer impressive views of the nearby Las Vegas Strip.
An aggressive schedule — less than three years from start to completion in the midst of the pandemic — was developed in concert with trade partners and updated weekly based on a 4D model.
(Description of stadium by Engineering News-Record)
Ellen Spangler and Frank Freudenberger will share details of the project, structural system, research results, lessons learned, and prospects for the future.
This annual lecture honors Professor Emeritus Dr. Paul Zia, former professor and department head of NC State’s Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, and a structural engineer who is eminent in research, professional society leadership and practice.
This year’s presenters were Ellen Spangler, Senior Project Manager at Mortenson Construction and Frank Freudenberger, PE, SE, Associate Principal – Structural at Arup.
Watch the video of the lecture here.
