Livestrong Sporting Park

Custom Canopy Scores Goal
for new LIVESTRONG Sporting Park

At the dynamic new soccer venue in Kansas City, KS, players and fans celebrate "the beautiful game", as superstar Pele called it, in a stadium unsurpassed for high-tech, fan-friendly features. The crowning touch is a translucent crystalline canopy which shades all 18,500 seats, yet allows diffused sunlight to flood the field.

It also reflects the roar of the fans, amplifying the sounds to create "an electric place to be", according to Jeff Spear, AIA NCARB. Spear is leading project designer and a principal in the Kansas City MO practice of Populous, the globally renowned architecture firm responsible for the leading-edge design of LIVESTRONG Sporting Park.

"The canopy is a very important part of the overall design, which wouldn't have worked as well without it, said Spear. "The players and the fans love it. It's exceeding our expectations." Read more...

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