Developer Chris Milam is proposing to build a $1.57-billion three-arena sports complex, on 70 acres, in downtown Las Vegas. The project, designed by Kansas City, Mo.-based ThreeSixty Architecture, calls for a 17,500-seat basketball/hockey arena, plus a 9,000-seat ballpark and 50,000-seat football stadium, both partially covered with tensile roof structures. Romani Group Inc., Greenwood Village, Colo., is program manager, with Turner Construction Co., New York, as general contractor. The Las Vegas National Sports Center would be located on city owned land within the Symphony Park master-plan, northeast of the World Market Center near the Interstate 15/ U.S. 95 interchange.
The project, floated by Milam�s International Development Management, could break ground as soon as October and be open by late-2013. It has quietly lined-up financing during the last two years and would require no tax money, project officials claim. Yet, the project�s business plan is based on securing professional sports tenants and successfully selling high-end luxury seats. The baseball and football stadiums could be expanded to 36,000 and 75,000 seats, respectively, to host professional sports teams if needed.