More than $6 billion in construction at new and renovated professional and college sports facilities concluded in the United States and Canada in 2024, according to Sports Business Journal’s annual venue preview, a 25% increase from the 2023 total and the end of a slump in which the industry had posted three consecutive year-over-year declines. The roster of venues continues to diversify, as the popularity of women’s sports and historically non-mainstream sports grows. Listed here are select new competition venues (excluding renovations, training facilities and sport-adjacent buildings) that were christened in 2024.
Foster Pavilion
(Waco, Texas)
Opened:
Tenants: Baylor University men’s and women’s basketball
Cost:$212.6 million
Architect: AECOM
General contractor: Austin Commercial
Love’s Field
(Norman, Okla.)
Opened:
Tenant: University of Oklahoma softball
Cost:$47.9 million
Architect: Populous
General contractor: Timberlake Construction
CPKC Stadium
(Kansas City)
Opened:
Tenant: Kansas City Current
Cost:$117 million
Architect: Generator Studio
General contractors: J.E. Dunn/Monarch Build
Meritus Park
(Hagerstown, Md.)
Opened:
Tenant: Atlantic League (independent) Hagerstown Flying Boxcars
Cost:$90 million
Architect: Pendulum
General contractor: Turner
Intuit Dome
(Inglewood, Calif.)
Opened:
Tenant: Los Angeles Clippers
Cost:$2.1 billion
Architect: AECOM
General contractors: AECOM Hunt Turner joint venture
AdventHealth Sports Park at Bluhawk
(Overland Park, Kan.)
Opened:
Tenants: Youth sports
Cost:$125 million
Architect: HOK
General contractor: VCC
Fishers Event Center
(Fishers, Ind.)
Opened:
Tenants: ECHL Indy Fuel, Indoor Football League Fishers Freight, Pro Volleyball Federation Indy Ignite
Cost:$170 million
Architect: SCI Architects
General contractor: AECOM Hunt
Jane and David Ott Center for Track and Field
(Philadelphia)
Opened:
Tenant: University of Pennsylvania track and field and cross country
Cost:$69.3 million
Architect: CannonDesign
General contractor: P. Agnes
