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Levi's Stadium in California's Silicon Valley Ready for First Game

Photo Courtesy of Magnusson Klemencic Associates/Michael Dickter

The multipurpose Levi's Stadium, which will be used primarily for football's San Francisco 49ers and soccer's San Jose Earthquakes, will be completed within the $1.27-billion budget and delivered on time by the Turner-Devcon Joint Venture, says Jack Hill, the 49ers project executive.

The first game, between the Earthquakes and the Seattle Sounders, will be on Aug. 2. As construction winds down, planning is revving up for an estimated $6.5-billion development on 215 acres across the street. The city approved this month the plan for the 5.2-million-sq-ft City Place Santa Clara.

Nadine M. Post, ENR's former editor-at-large for buildings, is an award-winning journalist with 45 years of experience covering trends, issues, innovations, controversies and challenging projects. Post has written about many industry giants, including 10 ENR Award of Excellence winners. And she has covered disasters, failures and attacks, including the 1993 bombing and the 2001 destruction of the World Trade Center. Project stories include the redevelopment of the World Trade Center; the 828-meter-tall Burj Khalifa; Los Angeles’ Disney Concert Hall; and Seattle's Bullitt Center and Rainier Square Tower. In 1985, Post wrote McGraw-Hill's book Restoring the Statue of Liberty (1986) for the restoration’s architects—Richard S. Hayden and Thierry W. Despont.

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