Ryan "Big Gun" Landrey, left, and Dan Betell, right, with Derr & Gruenewald Construction, connect the final steel beam in the Colorado Springs Downtown Stadium during a Topping Off Ceremony hosted by the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC on Friday, May 15, 2020. The $35 million downtown multi purpose outdoor stadium will seat 8,000 attendees, and will house the Colorado Springs Switchbacks soccer team. Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, Switchbacks owner Ed Ragain, Vice President of Operations at Weidner Apartment Homes Robert Carr, and Jim Johnson, CEO of GE Jonson Construction, made commemoration speeches, as the public viewed the event from their cars; honking their horns in celebration. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette) (Chancey Bush The Gazette)
The final steel beam was placed in the Colorado Springs Switchbacks’ new downtown stadium during a Topping Off Ceremony, hosted by the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC on Friday, May 15, 2020. The $35 million downtown multi purpose outdoor stadium will seat 8,000 attendees, and will house the Colorado Springs Switchbacks soccer team. Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, Switchbacks owner Ed Ragain, Vice President of Operations at Weidner Apartment Homes Robert Carr, and Jim Johnson, CEO of GE Jonson Construction, made commemoration speeches, as the public viewed the event from their vehicles; honking their car horns in celebration. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
Ryan “Big Gun” Landrey, left, and Dan Betell, right, with Derr & Gruenewald Construction, connect the final steel beam in the Colorado Springs Downtown Stadium during a Topping Off Ceremony hosted by the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC on Friday, May 15, 2020. The $35 million downtown multi purpose outdoor stadium will seat 8,000 attendees, and will house the Colorado Springs Switchbacks soccer team. Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, Switchbacks owner Ed Ragain, Vice President of Operations at Weidner Apartment Homes Robert Carr, and Jim Johnson, CEO of GE Jonson Construction, made commemoration speeches, as the public viewed the event from their cars; honking their horns in celebration. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette) (Chancey Bush The Gazette)Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers signs his name on the final steel beam to be placed on the Colorado Springs downtown stadium Friday. The “topping off” ceremony was hosted by the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC. (Chancey Bush, The Gazette)Jay Karst, senior project manager for Derr & Gruenewald Construction, and his daughter Brooklynn, 5, sign their names on the final steel beam to be placed in the Colorado Springs Downtown Stadium during a Topping Off Ceremony hosted by the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC on Friday, May 15, 2020. The $35 million downtown multi purpose outdoor stadium will seat 8,000 attendees, and will house the Colorado Springs Switchbacks soccer team. Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, Switchbacks owner Ed Ragain, Vice President of Operations at Weidner Apartment Homes Robert Carr, and Jim Johnson, CEO of GE Jonson Construction, made commemoration speeches, as the public viewed the event from their cars; honking their horns in celebration. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette) (Chancey Bush The Gazette)Mark Limon, 7, watches as Ziggy, Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC mascot, dances with a flag during a Topping Off Ceremony in celebration of installing the final steel beam in the Colorado Springs Downtown Stadium on Friday, May 15, 2020. The $35 million downtown multi purpose outdoor stadium will seat 8,000 attendees, and will house the Colorado Springs Switchbacks soccer team. Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, Switchbacks owner Ed Ragain, Vice President of Operations at Weidner Apartment Homes Robert Carr, and Jim Johnson, CEO of GE Jonson Construction, made commemoration speeches, as the public viewed the event from their cars; honking their horns in celebration. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette) (Chancey Bush The Gazette)Ryan “Big Gun” Landrey, left, and Dan Betell, right, with Derr & Gruenewald Construction, connect the final steel beam in the Colorado Springs Downtown Stadium during a Topping Off Ceremony hosted by the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC on Friday, May 15, 2020. The $35 million downtown multi purpose outdoor stadium will seat 8,000 attendees, and will house the Colorado Springs Switchbacks soccer team. Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, Switchbacks owner Ed Ragain, Vice President of Operations at Weidner Apartment Homes Robert Carr, and Jim Johnson, CEO of GE Jonson Construction, made commemoration speeches, as the public viewed the event from their cars; honking their horns in celebration. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette) (Chancey Bush The Gazette)Ryan “Big Gun” Landrey, left, and Dan Betell, right, with Derr & Gruenewald Construction, connect the final steel beam in the Colorado Springs Downtown Stadium during a Topping Off Ceremony hosted by the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC on Friday, May 15, 2020. The $35 million downtown multi purpose outdoor stadium will seat 8,000 attendees, and will house the Colorado Springs Switchbacks soccer team. Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, Switchbacks owner Ed Ragain, Vice President of Operations at Weidner Apartment Homes Robert Carr, and Jim Johnson, CEO of GE Jonson Construction, made commemoration speeches, as the public viewed the event from their cars; honking their horns in celebration. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette) (Chancey Bush The Gazette)A baby blue Colorado spruce tree rests on top of the final steel beam to be placed in the Colorado Springs Downtown Stadium during a Topping Off Ceremony hosted by the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC on Friday, May 15, 2020. The $35 million downtown multi purpose outdoor stadium will seat 8,000 attendees, and will house the Colorado Springs Switchbacks soccer team. Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, Switchbacks owner Ed Ragain, Vice President of Operations at Weidner Apartment Homes Robert Carr, and Jim Johnson, CEO of GE Jonson Construction, made commemoration speeches, as the public viewed the event from their cars; honking their horns in celebration. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette) (Chancey Bush The Gazette)
