Below is a listing of the articles in this month's Sports & Recreation issue of Design-Build DATELINE. The full text is available to DBIA Members only by logging in. Not yet a Member? Join now to begin receiving this Member Benefit.
Featured Stories
Cover Story: Where the Rubber Meets the Road 
By Andrew Soderquist
Racing enthusiast and Utah businessman Larry H. Miller had a vision of creating a world class racing facility in his "backyard." In 2004, he secured a 511-acre site located 30 miles west of Salt Lake City in rural Tooele County. It was flat ground, covered with little more than sagebrush, and surrounded by aging barbed wire fencing. This was the land on which he would build his dream and hopefully a legacy.
Utilizing Design-Build on the Sears Centre
Last October, Ryan Companies US, Inc., in Chicago celebrated the end of construction and the grand opening of Sears Centre, an 11,000-seat, $65 million multi-purpose sports and entertainment arena in Hoffman Estates, a west/northwest suburb of Chicago. DBIA interviewed Jeff Smith, president of the Midwest Division of Ryan Companies US, Inc., about the project.
Home-Field Advantage
By Janet Cohen and Ashley Dale
It was 1961 when the Red Roses, members of the Eastern Professional Baseball League, played its last game in Lancaster, PA. Still, in the decades that followed, local boosters never lost hope of attracting a new minor league team.
Restoring the Ely Walker Building to its Original Grandeur
By Paul Giacoletto
Transforming a large historically registered warehouse into a luxury residential building is both complex and rewarding. Today, developers recognize the intrinsic value of reusing buildings that have stood vacant for decades.
Design Collaborations Lead to Stunning Success
By Mark C. Waggoner and Brent A. Leif
The new University of Phoenix Stadium has a "wow" factor that is going to be hard to beat for a very long time. It is the first stadium in the US to have both a retractable field and a retractable roof. Its 94,900 s.f. retractable natural grass field moves along at 11.5 feet per minute.
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Departments
Contributors
Editorial Forum: Tapping the Creativity of the Design-Build Community
By James T. Duffy, AIA
"You’ve got to be kidding!" was the reaction of Northern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NorthDivNAVFAC) after learning that the Navy Personnel Command (NPC) was not planning to use its services to provide a new Youth Center to support Navy families at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton, CT. Instead, they intended to go to a non-Navy agency to execute the work.
DBIA Book Club - DBIA's Design-Build Model Contracts
DBIA Book Club - Building Type Basics for Recreational Facilities
Best Practices - A Model Solution
By Dena Braun
In an era of high technology and 3D renderings, you may think that physical models are old-fashioned and obsolete, but a new kind of model makes that anything but the case.
Members in the News
Projects to Watch
Legislative Update
By Cara Woodson Welch, Esq.
Vice President, Advocacy & General Counsel, DBIA
Perspectives - Alan J. Petrasek
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