City National Arena

Oct 8, 2019

City National Arena

Summerlin, NV

City National Arena, the practice facility of the National Hockey League’s new Vegas Golden Knights, is being credited with the team’s stellar inaugural season. Both players and management rave about the facility.

“I think we’ve offered an upgrade over anywhere they’ve been at,” said Golden Knights Senior Vice President Murray Craven, who helped design the facility and oversaw construction.

The arena features two NHL-sized ice sheets, also for public use. The stands are often packed with hundreds of fans during practice, fueling the “hockey fever” that Vegas is experiencing.
City National Arena also provides the Golden Knights’ front office with a home base and the region’s adult, youth hockey and figure skating with a regional hub. It is equipped with team locker rooms and offices, sports medicine facilities equipment room, video room, player lounge, coaches’ offices, restaurant and bar, team store, skate rental and snack bar.

The contractor, architect and engineers worked together with the owner’s interest as top priority. Numerous design challenges attributed to changes in budget, schedule, program and site location. Several test fits were completed for different sites. The finalized site location required more restrictive architectural design standards and a unique design solution. The building was flipped and the exterior modified to meet the standards of the governing agency.

The thermal energy plant uses up to 100 percent of waste heat from the refrigeration system and transfers it to the mechanical equipment. The system is 100 percent free of greenhouse gas emissions. It eliminated rooftop equipment, other than any kitchen exhaust requirements.

Client 

Black Knight Sports & Entertainment

At a glance

  • 146,000 SF

Features

  • Two full-size NHL rinks
  • Seating for 600 at each rink
  • Team locker room
  • Sports medicine facilities equipment room
  • Video room
  • Player lounge
  • Coaches’ offices
  • Restaurant and bar
  • Team store
  • Skate rental
  • Snack bar

Services

  • Master Planning
  • Architecture
  • Interior Design
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Structural Engineering
  • Construction Administration

Community Health Development Partners, Intersections Recreation Complex

Oct 7, 2019

Community Health Development Partners, Intersections Recreation Complex

Omaha, NE

After successfully partnering with Community Health Development Partners (CHDP) on the 25-acre Phase I development, our team was retained to serve as the Architect of Record, lead design coordinator, and perform mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire protection engineering, interior design, and construction administrator services for Phase II of this large mixed-use health and wellness project. Phase II will implement the following into CHDP’s vision:

Site: 25-Acre site (parking, circulation, green space, signage/wayfinding)

Elite Fitness Building: Approx. 50,000 SF (variety of fitness programming (strength and conditioning and sports performance testing), multisport simulators, sports rehab, and physical/occupational training

E-sports Arena: 35,000 SF (technology classrooms gaming arena, and food service)

Union Station Building: 60,000 SF (Community Café, Non-Profit Incubator, Heath Services)

The Warehouse Building: 40,000 SF (indoor skate park, bouldering gym, bike pump track, and classroom programming)

Women’s Health Center: 43,000 SF (various programming for girls through a few nonprofits and a women’s health center including some imaging equipment)

Fields: Four Multi-Use Turf Soccer Fields

Client 

Community Health Development Partners

At a glance

  • 25-Acre Site

Features

  • Playing Fields
  • Fitness Building
  • E-Sports Arena
  • Skate Park
  • Bouldering Gym
  • Academic Programming
  • Community Café
  • Non-Profit Incubator
  • Women’s Clinic

Services

  • Project Management
  • Master Planning
  • Architecture
  • Engineering
  • Interior Design
  • Construction Administration

Chadron State College, Chicoine Events Center

Oct 6, 2019

Chadron State College, Chicoine Events Center

Chadron, NE

LEO A DALY worked with the College to provide a programming study, followed by a successful fundraising campaign, after which our team was retained to complete full architectural and engineering design services for the renovation and expansion of the Chicoine Events Center.

We worked closely with the College and community to determine what types of spaces were required, and how they would impact the campus and students as a whole. The project renovated or reused as much assignable space as possible to save on budget. The updated event center more appropriately serves program needs for both HPER/academic and varsity sports by addressing:

  • Integration with other campus facilities and athletic programs
  • Flexible building technologies
  • Flexible/multipurpose design
  • Funding sources
  • Current building structure
  • Integration of a new structure with existing architecture
  • Energy conservation
  • Sustainable design

Program elements included varsity locker rooms, an expanded athletic training and sports medicine center, varsity sports weight/strength training center, and a flexible multi-use sports arena. Other updates included a new and quieter diesel generator that replaced the outdated, noisy generator. To support the new generator, a new framework and support system was installed, as the older, rusted framework could not be salvaged.

This is the nicest building in the conference, but I’m prejudiced! I really do think it is as far as its intimacy, and how well it works, and the things it provides our department, I really don’t think there’s another building comparable in our conference.
Joel R. Smith, Athletic Director, Chadron State College , Chadron, Nebraska

Client 

Nebraska State College System

At a glance

  • 110,000 SF

Features

  • Multi-Use Sports Arena
  • Athletic Training and Sports Medicine Center
  • Weight/Strength Training Center
  • Locker rooms
  • Community Gathering Spaces

Services

  • Master Planning
  • Architecture
  • Interior Design
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Structural Engineering
  • Construction Administration

Lifeguard Arena

Oct 5, 2019

Lifeguard Arena

Henderson, NV

Lifeguard Arena serves as the official headquarters for the AHL Henderson Silver Knights. Located in Henderson’s flourishing Water Street District, Lifeguard Arena gives the Henderson Silver Knights a practice home while expanding VGK youth programs in Henderson.

Standing at two-stories, it has two NHL regulation ice rinks that each have 300-seats capacity. Other amenities include a restaurant, coffee shop, full-service team training facilities, meeting rooms, public locker rooms, Silver Knights retail store, skate rental shop, dock, service yard and a surface parking pot.

The site location was a challenge due to its limited size and triangular shape with a 10-foot elevation drop. Our team had to carefully study the proper placement of the building so that it served to energize Water Street and the Plaza, both of which were being reconstructed at the same time. Both of these areas had potential impacts to the building, therefore we had to consider multiple design changes and extensive coordination, ultimately delivering an innovative solution that meet the client’s needs and goals.

Client 

Black Knights Sports and Entertainment LLC

At a glance

  • 120,412 SF

Features

  • Two NHL Regulation Ice Rinks
  • 600-Seat Capacity
  • Full-service Team Training Facilities
  • Restaurant
  • Coffee shop
  • Meeting Rooms
  • Public Locker Rooms,
  • Retail Store and Skate Rental Shop

Services

  • Architecture
  • Interior Design
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Structural Engineering
  • Construction Administration

University of Nebraska at Kearney, Campus Wellness Center

Oct 4, 2019

University of Nebraska at Kearney, Campus Wellness Center

Kearney, NE

The University of Nebraska-Kearney (UNK) commissioned LEO A DALY to study the feasibility of a new campus Wellness Center. University leaders wanted a new Wellness Center to foster the holistic development of its students and of an integrated learning community. Upon completion of the study followed by a successful fundraising campaign, our team was retained to complete full architectural and engineering services for the new Campus Wellness Center and Human Performance Department.

The new facility’s programming includes upper and lower levels with dedicated entries. The upper level includes physical activity, bone density and wellness labs that serve the university’s wellness programs for community adolescents and adults. Kinesiology and exercise science students gain hands-on experience working with community members to achieve their health goals. Fitness equipment and offices on the upper level serve these health-related academic programs. The lower level serves current students and faculty with 6,000-SF of fitness space.

By separating light-lifting and heavy free-weight areas, the center’s fitness programming invites usage by people of all abilities and experience levels. A 30-foot climbing wall appeals to recreation seekers and gives students and faculty opportunities to hone climbing skills year-round. A flexible multi-purpose room includes a demonstration kitchen for nutrition classes and is equipped with audio-visual infrastructure for recording and broadcasting to today’s media-centric student body.

Aspects such as the demonstration kitchen help drive community-based programming, including nutritional cooking classes. The facility further extends its reach into the community through an affiliate membership program, which doubles as a source of revenue, yet another benefit of the UNK Wellness Center’s versatile design.

Client 

University of Nebraska System

At a glance

  • 24,000 SF
  • Two-story addition

Features

  • Fitness Center
  • Weight Room
  • 30-Foot Climbing Wall
  • Human Performance Lab
  • Multi-Purpose Rooms
  • Nutrition Classroom/Demonstration Kitchen

Services

  • Architecture
  • Interior Design
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Structural Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Fire Protection Engineering
  • Construction Administration

$50M revamp extends Kravis Center into the future

Oct 4, 2019 | In the news, News

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Recent Articles

$50M revamp extends Kravis Center into the future

In ENR Southeast magazine, Michael Rodebaugh, AIA, discusses the delicate work of expanding a West Palm Beach cultural icon

Since 2015, LEO A DALY has been working with the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts to envision, design and execute an era-defining upgrade to the visitor experience. Our West Palm Beach studio is leading the project, with design by Ron Wiendl, AIA, and project management by Michael Rodebaugh, AIA. Our D.C. and Minneapolis studios are supporting the effort with production and life safety expertise.

Excerpted from the article in ENR Southeast:

A $50-million expansion of the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, Fla., is adding a new structure and other components and amenities to modernize the nearly 30-year-old facility.

Colorful water features and an expanded front plaza will aim to connect the venue more to its surrounding urban environment. A striking, screened valet parking garage will add another component that improves the center’s functionality while updating the campus’ overall aesthetics.

Additionally, the “Kravis 2020” project will add a new entrance/exit ramp to the center’s existing garage, which will help to improve traffic flow on and around the campus. Most critically, it will increase the size of the Kravis Center’s lobby by extending the exterior curtain wall out 25 ft.

The idea for the project originated in 2014, says Jim Mitchell, the main project representative for the Kravis Center.

“The idea was to enhance not only our impact in the city, but also the customer experience,” Mitchell told ENR Southeast. Now the center’s chief operating officer, Mitchell’s history with the building extends all the way back to its original construction in 1991, making him an important resource for the current project team.

While updating the look and functionality of the Kravis Center, the architect, Leo A Daly, fashioned its design to maintain the venue’s status as an iconic local landmark.

“The Kravis Center is one of the images of West Palm Beach, and you have to not only maintain but expand upon that iconic nature,” says Mike Rodebaugh, project manager with Leo A Daly.

Another design goal was to make the facility more friendly to the public and more connected to the surrounding urban environment. Originally, a water feature at the venue’s front effectively cut off the facility from pedestrians. A new courtyard and plaza area will do much to improve flow.

Enhancing the ability of pedestrians to interact with the Kravis Center’s campus was a major point of the new design, Rodebaugh says.

“This is going back to one of those ideas that the theater itself is one of the major city icons,” he says. “It is [now] significantly more welcoming.”

Since construction started last May, the project team has been hustling through a tight, 22-month schedule, inclusive of design. The Weitz Co. is leading the project as design-builder, an approach it suggested in order to limit major project impacts to the existing buildings to just one performance season.

While the outside updates liven up the venue’s exterior appearance, it’s the 6,000-sq-ft addition to the center’s main lobby that will elevate the experience of show-goers, Kravis Center officials hope. The  lobby accommodates 2,200 people for a performance in the center’s main concert hall.

To achieve this, contractors are extending outward by roughly 25 ft the existing main building while replacing—and replicating, as near as possible—its curving, curtain-wall-clad exterior.

That amount of extension “doesn’t seem like a lot, but when you look at (the lobby space) now, it is a lot,” says Doug Strathie, project manager for Weitz. “It completely changes the space.”

The goal for Kravis and Leo A Daly was to transform the lobby from a space that served mostly as a transition between the outside and inside, into more of a “human performance space,” says Rodebaugh, where the audience can mingle and otherwise be part of a broader performance.

With the extra space, “The staircase becomes a centralized sculptural element instead of the stairs off to the edge, and you realize that it’s a freestanding, interesting structural sculptural device,” Rodebaugh says.

Read more:

ENR Southeast

University of Nebraska Medical Center, Center for Healthy Living

Oct 3, 2019

University of Nebraska Medical Center, Center for Healthy Living

Omaha, NE

As one of the latest project in a relationship that has spanned over 60 years, the University of Nebraska Medical Center retained LEO A DALY to plan and program the expansion and renovation of its student recreation facility, an original 64,755-square-foot design by LEO A DALY in 1996.

The 6,525-SF addition to the Center for Healthy Living relocated the entry from the secluded south side, providing a north-facing, wall-to-wall glass façade on the busy Ruth and Bill Scott Student Plaza. Fitness is on display, with contemporary cardio equipment looking out onto the student plaza. At night, the space glows from within, acting as a living billboard for wellness.

The second piece of the project was the renovation of 11,845 SF on two floors. The renovation and addition provide larger strength and fitness machine areas; additional dedicated group fitness activity areas; permanent areas for stretching and table tennis; larger locker rooms with private changing areas and showers; and a new synthetic gym floor designed for user comfort and safety.

Post Renovation/Expansion

  • 74.6% Increase in Memberships
  • 57% Increase in Classes Taught
  • 60% Increase in Participates in Intramural Sports

“With the renovated facility, we’ve been able to increase the number of leagues and types of leagues because we have increased membership.”
Jayme Nekuda, Associate Director of Human Resources, Benefits & Work-Life Programs.

Client 

University of Nebraska System

At a glance

  • 64,755 SF (Original Design)
  • 6,525 SF (New Addition)
  • 11,845 SF (Renovation)

Features

  • Larger Strength & Fitness Space
  • Additional Dedicated Group Fitness Areas
  • Permanent Spaces for Stretching and Table Tennis
  • Larger Locker Rooms
  • New Synthetic Gym Floor

Services

  • Architecture
  • Interior Design
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Structural Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Construction Administration

Palm Beach Atlantic University, Rinker Sports Center

Oct 2, 2019

Palm Beach Atlantic University, Rinker Sports Center

West Palm Beach, FL

As part of the 76-acre Rinker Athletic Campus at Palm Beach Atlantic University, the new Rinker Sports Center provides the school’s 14 outdoor teams – including men’s and women’s lacrosse, tennis and soccer – a new home just steps away from their practice and game fields.

Administrators at the regional, private university believe the investment will brand the Division II school, which has eight men’s sports and nine women’s sports, beyond its traditional borders. Its undergraduate admissions are near the goal of 2,200, but leaders are aiming for an increase in admission applications by enhancing athletics.

The 32,342-SF Rinker Sports Center – whose Mediterranean style was designed to complement the architecture of buildings on the main campus – features locker rooms for baseball and softball, training and strength conditioning facilities and office and conference space for members of the athletic department and a hospitality suite on the second level with covered terraces that allow spectators to view activities below.

A large team room seats 40 people and provides space for student-athletes to study, meet and review game footage – contributing to the university’s goal of developing young people.

Client 

Palm Beach Atlantic University

At a glance

  • 32,342-SF

Features

  • Athletic Training and Sports Medicine Center
  • Weight/Strength Training Center
  • Locker rooms
  • Community Gathering Spaces
  • Hospitality Suite
  • Conference Room Spaces

Services

  • Architecture
  • Interior Design
  • Construction Administration

City of St. Joseph, Recreation Center

Oct 1, 2019

City of St. Joseph, Recreation Center

St. Joseph, MO

The City of St. Joseph, Missouri, desired a larger recreation, fitness and community center facility to allow it to expand its program offerings, increase membership and host youth basketball and volleyball tournaments. Working with the City, facility staff, and community, we designed a flexible facility that included everything from a children’s exercise room, three gymnasiums, community cardio and fitness room, administrative spaces, conference rooms, nine-tenths of a mile walking track, community room, nutrition bar and locker room facilities.

The facility’s final design locates the cardio and strength space towards a main intersection of the City to showcase the it’s activity and promote the City’s commitment to a healthy lifestyle. The building’s orientation and the strategic use of glazing allows many of the spaces to receive natural light while providing users views of the Parkway. The floor plan design includes visual control of the gymnasiums, cardio strength training space and children’s care room from the main control desk.

Client 

City of St. Joseph, Missouri

At a glance

  • 33,000 SF

Features

  • Three gymnasiums
  • Walking Track
  • Community Cardio and Fitness Room
  • Children’s Exercise Room
  • Administrative Spaces
  • Conference Rooms
  • Nutrition Bar
  • Locker Rooms

Services

  • Architecture
  • Interior Design
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Structural Engineering
  • Construction Administration

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