Building and designing Las Vegas’ new MGM/AEG-owned T-Mobile Arena to match the ambiance and style of the city inspired the project team to create cutting-edge elements—including dual cantilever balconies over the upper bowl and exterior balconies—while working quickly.
Managed by a Hunt-Penta joint venture, construction on the privately funded, 20,000-seat, $375- million indoor arena began in 2014. The 16-acre site and 650,000-sq-ft structure sits west of the Las Vegas Strip between the New York-New York Hotel & Casino and the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino. Running the overall job is project manager ICON Venue Group, with Populous as the architect-of-record. Meanwhile, Thornton-Tomasetti is acting as the structural engineer, with SME Steel backing the steel construction.