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Additional design and construction highlights include:
• The main entrance to the stadium at the northeast corner will feature a large sculptural element consisting of a large stainless steel sphere and two 65 foot. diameter rings suspended on columns over the sphere.
• The grandstand seating will provide a variety of seating options, from fixed, folding stadium seats, bench seating, standing zones, and private cabana box seating areas.
• The west, north and east sides of the stadium will
have tensioned, fabric canopies providing cover and protection from the elements for upper row sections of the seating bowl.
• Exterior materials include cast in place concrete, brick masonry, cement stucco, metal shingle cladding, glazed curtain wall and storefront systems.
• Roofing – TPO fully adhered roof membrane system.
• Waterproofing at the west concourse deck over the enclosed team level below will be a fully adhered PVC plaza deck membrane system.
• Stadium / field lighting.
• Stadium LED Scoreboard and sound system.
• The playing field features a professional grade, FIFA rated artificial turf system.
Sky Club Meeting Area - Rendering courtesty of Perkins and Will
Sky Club Game Seating - Rendering courtesty of Perkins and Will
Field Club Bar & Restaurant Space - Rendering courtesty of BimAire
There are three levels to the stadium:
• Field / Team Level
- Playing field
- Loading dock / receiving
- Commissary kitchen for food preparation
- Field Club – Bar and Restaurant space
- Team offices
- Ticketing / Will Call
- Visiting team and Officials locker rooms
- Team locker room
- Team training space
- Restaurant tenant space
• Concourse Level
- Open air perimeter concourse space with enclosed
concessions, toilet rooms, merchandise / team
shops, and additional support spaces
- Northwest corner outdoor restaurant terrace space
• Sky
- 5,000 square foot Sky Club featuring a continuous
line of operable overhead doors opening up the
entire field side wall for spectator viewing
- Toilet room facilities and support spaces
The United Soccer League is experiencing rapid growth with new locations in major metropolitan areas including San Diego, New York City, and the Bay Area. Switchbacks Stadium is the latest and greatest addition to the immensely popular league. It will not only serve the USL well, but it will become a hub of activity and fun for all the people living in and visiting Colorado Springs.
C4C Switchbacks Weidner Field
project team members:
Architect - Perkins & Will, Architect
General Contractor - GE Johnson
Structural Engineers - Martin/Martin
MEP-FP, AV Tech Engineer - ME Engineers
Civil Engineer - Classic Consulting Engineers and Surveyors
Landscape Architect - NES, Inc.
Food Service Design - William Caruso and Partners Encore Electric
Olson Plumbing & Heating
Structural Steel - HME, Inc.
Metal Shingle Cladding - ATAS
Curtain Wall and Storefront Systems - Kawneer Roof Membrane System - Genflex
Deck Membrane System - Sika Sanafil
Field Lighting Sytem - Musco
Playing Turf - Sprintturf
Stadium Scoreboard - Daktronics
Club Level
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