AEG Selects Gensler To Design NFL Stadium In Downtown L.A.

AEG has selected Gensler as the designer for Farmers Field, the $1B NFL stadium proposed for downtown L.A. Gensler, an international firm with 36 offices worldwide, has not designed a pro football facility, but it did develop L.A. Live’s The Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Residences and JW Marriott. In addition, Gensler Dir of Sports & Development Ron Turner was one of three principals at NBBJ when that company designed the AEG-owned Staples Center and two NFL facilities, Paul Brown Stadium and Lincoln Financial Field.

AEG’s pick of Gensler sets up an interesting dynamic for bringing the NFL back to L.A. Dan Meis, Turner’s former partner at Turner-Meis Associates and now a senior principal at Populous, is Majestic Realty’s principal architect for designing an $800M NFL stadium in Grand Crossing, an area about 20 miles east of downtown L.A. For AEG’s project, Gensler was chosen over HKS, designer of Cowboys Stadium and Lucas Oil Stadium, and HNTB, designer of the 49ers’ proposed stadium in Santa Clara.