PHOTOS: Preview of new Colorado Springs downtown stadium
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The GazetteNovember 12, 2019 | updated 7 years ago
The latest rendering of a planned 8,000-seat, multi-use stadium in downtown Colorado Springs shows a futuristic entry feature. COURTESY PERKINS & WILL (Courtesy art)
A new multi-use stadium in Colorado Springs is one step closer to becoming a reality. The $35 million stadium won final approval Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2019, from the City Council. The council’s vote clears the way for a Dec. 7 stadium groundbreaking and an opening targeted for March 2021.
The latest rendering of a planned 8,000-seat, multi-use stadium in downtown Colorado Springs shows a futuristic entry feature. COURTESY PERKINS & WILL (Courtesy art)A rendering of a new Colorado Springs downtown stadium. Illustration courtesy of Perkins & Will (Courtesy art)A portion of a new multi-use stadium in downtown Colorado Springs would include a restaurant and “sky club,” which could accommodate about 250 people and would include a community room. COURTESY PERKINS & WILL (Courtesy art)A new multi-use stadium planned for downtown Colorado Springs would have a walkway ringing the playing field to allow fans to look down at the action. COURTESY PERKINS & WILL (Day, Mimi;Kristina.Buller@perkinswill.com)A new downtown Colorado Springs multi-use stadium would be built southwest of Cimarron and Sahwatch streets. An apartment project and public plaza also would be developed on the south end of the venue. COURTESY PERKINS & WILL (Day, Mimi;Kristina.Buller@perkinswill.com)An earlier, Sept. 2019 rendering shows an 8,000-seat downtown soccer and multiuse stadium planned for the Colorado Springs Switchbacks. The stadium would be built southwest of Cimarron and Sahwatch streets. (RichLadenrich.laden@gazettedev.gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4600fbbb4c50602085c0b0d932d7128b?s=100&d=mm&r=g)An October 2018 rendering shows a Weidner Apartment Homes mixed-use apartment and commercial building on the south edge of a Colorado Springs Switchbacks soccer stadium planned southwest of Cimarron and Sahwatch streets in downtown. (RichLadenrich.laden@gazettedev.gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4600fbbb4c50602085c0b0d932d7128b?s=100&d=mm&r=g)An artist’s early, 2018 rendering of a proposed stadium for the Colorado Springs Switchbacks shows the how the venue could be used for sports other than soccer.
