Photo courtesy GE Johnson

At 6,600 ft above sea level, the stadium is the highest elevation of any primary home stadium used by a professional team. Olympic-related events, tournaments and camps will create a synergy between the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum, the outdoor stadium, an indoor arena and the U.S. Olympic Training Center. Together, they will set Colorado Springs apart nationally as a destination for amateur sporting events.

Vigorous coordination went into creating the stadium’s audio-visual systems, which include lighting, speakers, jumbotrons, ribbon boards and sculpture LED lighting—all synced to provide spectacular lighting and sound effects.

The delivery, placement and installation of the 35-ft-tall “Epicenter” sculpture located at the stadium entrance also required intensive coordination and planning. Several streetlights were dismounted and then remounted to provide clearance for the massive sculpture, and deliveries took place over late night hours to avoid disrupting regular traffic in the area. Lit by custom LED lighting, this one-of-a-kind piece of work brings even more life to this corner of downtown Colorado Springs. The project’s subcontractors worked together through a single, digital quality-control platform on iPads, allowing for collaboration in real time.