CREJ

SEPTEMBER 2017 \ BUILDING DIALOGUE \

PROJECT TEAM

DEVELOPER:

Colorado State University

OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE:

ICON Venue Group

GENERAL CONTRACTOR:

Mortenson

ARCHITECT:

Populous

\ Colorado State Stadium: Rams Charge Back to Campus \

OPENING ART:

Testing the lights on the field

FAR LEFT:

The indoor club area features views of

the CSU campus. Courtesy Tim O’Hara

TOP RIGHT:

Installation of the Rams seats on the

west side of the stadium prior to turf

installation.

BOTTOM CENTER:

Suite-level lobbies. Courtesy Tim O’Hara

BOTTOM RIGHT:

Player's lounge. Courtesy Tim O’Hara

lyst for the growth and development of the university, which was a pretty

interesting take,” Moss says. “They’re looking to use it 365 days a year.”

Myron Chase, the project’s architect with Populous, says the trickiest task

might have been balancing football uses with other university functions.

“You’re designing a stadium for 40,000 people, but you’re also designing

it for day-to-day use,” says Chase, citing the 80,000-square-foot Alumni and

Academic Center on the east side. “It’s not just a seven- or eight-day-a-year

venue.”

Chase has worked on stadiums his entire career, including University of

Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium and University of Phoenix Stadium, home

of the Arizona Cardinals. After completing a master plan for Colorado State