FL CAMPING WORLD STADIUM

Background

Reconstruction of the near 80-year-old Citrus Bowl stadium positions it as a premiere sports and entertainment venue.

The 90% new stadium joined a recently completed downtown performing arts center and Amway Center as part of the city of Orlando’s $1 billion community development project. The renovation included close to 42,000 new lower- and mid-bowl seats along with the addition of club-level seating, 33 luxury suites and a 10,000 square-foot party deck.

An aggressive timeline called for the rebuilt stadium to be game-ready by the Nov. 22, 2014, Florida Blue Florida Classic football match-up, allowing just 10 months from demolition to opening. Metromont provided design assistance as well as field and office engineering to ensure compliance with all requirements for budget, schedule and quality. They staged four cranes inside the stadium’s footprint with two cranes on each side working in tandem to erect the lower and mid-bowl.

The new Camping World Stadium achieved LEED Silver status.

Precast Details:

• Total precast system

• Components included double tees, beams, raker beams, spandrels, columns, 6”-, 8”- and 12”-thick wall panels, flat slabs, stairs, spandrels, moment frames, landings, and stadium seats

• 516 pcs triple stadia risers

• 2,651 total pieces

Benefits of Precast:

• Speed of construction

• Cost effective

• Reduced site disturbance

• Less trades/coordination

Awards

• 2016 ACEC National Engineering Excellence: Recognition Award for Structural Systems

• 2016 ACEC Florida Engineering Excellence: Grand Award for Structural Systems

• 2016 Orlando Business Journal Top 5 Construction Projects in Central Florida