From Deseret News archives:
Real Salt Lake stadium nears completion
Construction crews are praised for quick work
But the effort has been a great opportunity, and the result will be a charming structure and a great community asset, he said.
"Not too many of these things come your way, so you take them when you get a chance," Greenland told the Deseret News during a private tour of the stadium Monday.
Since February, white Teflon covers have been stretched over the stadium's skeleton while walls and stairways have taken shape. Finish work, such as painting and tile-laying, is ongoing.
Each of the elements has been dependent on several other elements, Greenland said. "You have to do this before that, before that."
Hard hats, safety glasses and neon-orange vests are still required in the area, but the stadium is getting closer to completion with each scrape of a trowel and twist of a screwdriver.
Recent accomplishments have been the bolting in thousands of red, white, blue and yellow seats and cabinet work in the luxurious locker rooms.
The suites and private clubs will be available only to the highest-paying fans, said RSL spokesman Trey Fitz-Gerald, who called the amenities value-added features that allow for world-class service.
The "VIP" guests also will have special parking and their own entrance on the stadium's southwest side.
For those fans, ticket prices will far exceed the pricing at Rice-Eccles Stadium, where Real Salt Lake now plays. But for 80 percent of the 20,000 seats, prices will be comparable, said RSL chief ticketing officer Kris Katsaenes.
The two-story owner's suite is not as far along as some of the other suites, but it promises to be luxurious. Dave Checketts' digs will have private bathrooms, a stairway and an outdoor platform just above the players' midfield entrance.
The structure is about 80 percent complete, Greenland said. It will be nearly complete by the stadium's first game Oct. 9 and finished by late fall. Contractors, working with RSL owners as well as architects and designers, have completed all their work on time or ahead of time, said Layton Construction spokesman Alan Rindlisbacher.
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