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Setting the Scene

“If he saw this today, he would be thrilled. At the end of the day what he wanted more than anything, he wanted to produce a winner here in Detroit, and it’s coming together.”

ILITCH HOLDINGS PRESIDENT AND CEO CHRIS ILITCH,
on what his late father, Mike Ilitch, would think about Little Caesars Arena


Photo by: RICH OSENTOSKI
LITTLE CAESARS ARENA 

The $870 million downtown Detroit home of the Red Wings and Pistons


Photo by: RICH VON BIBERSTEIN
SUNTRUST PARK AND THE BATTERY ATLANTA 

The Atlanta Braves’ new $672 million ballpark and the first phase of the team’s 1.5 million-square-foot mixed-use development


Photo by: RICH VON BIBERSTEIN
MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM 

The $1.5 billion, cutting-edge home of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United


Photo by: GETTY IMAGES
ORLANDO CITY STADIUM 

The raucous $155 million home to Orlando City SC and its supporters’ Purple Wall


Photo by: LAKE NONA
USTA NATIONAL CAMPUS (LAKE NONA)

The 63-acre, $100 million home of pro, college and recreational tennis in Orlando


Photo by: TIM O'HARA
COLORADO STATE STADIUM 

The $220 million stadium, bringing football to the Fort Collins, Colo., campus for the first time in 49 years


Photo by: ZUFFA LLC
UFC PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE (AND HEADQUARTERS)

The 184,000-square-foot headquarters and training center for the UFC in Las Vegas


Photo by: DAVID DUROCHIK
NOTRE DAME STADIUM (RENOVATION)

The 87-year-old football stadium’s $400 million facelift, featuring premium seating and a new video board


Photo by: SHOP ARCHITECTS
NASSAU COLISEUM (RENOVATION)

The 45-year-old arena reopening after an 18-month, $260 million project


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