Much like an NFL franchise, the construction team on the $1.5-billion Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino project has its sights set on the Super Bowl. Plans to expand and renovate the casino complex on 100 acres in Hollywood, Fla., began more than a decade ago. But when the NFL announced in 2016 that nearby Miami would host Super Bowl LIV in 2020, the project gained a sense of urgency.
Leaders of the Seminole Tribe of Florida and Seminole Gaming tasked the team with finalizing designs and completing construction of the 3.2-million-sq-ft, master-planned project in less than four years, including a broad mix of vertical buildings and infrastructure. After more than a year of preconstruction, vertical work began in October 2017, with a target opening by game day in February 2020.