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Real Salt Lake: Stadium construction facts

Published: Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008 12:17 a.m. MDT
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Rio Tinto Stadium construction facts

Stadium Cost:

$110 million

Private Investment: $65 million

Public Investment: $45 million

Site Size: 23 acres

Soil Displacement: 215,000 cubic yards

Soil Cut to Fill: 162,000 cubic yards

Imported Fill: 53,000 cubic yards

Concrete Placed: 25,000 cubic yards

Structural Steel Erected: 2,675 tons

Seats: Manufactured in Slovakia

Concession Locations: 15 full-service

Restrooms: 469 fixtures

Canopy: Teflon coated fiberglass, fabricated in Shanghai, China

Field: 105,000 square feet of natural GTF Kentucky Bluegrass

Coaxial Cable: 400 miles

Video Boards: From Concourse: 53' tall x 76' wide

Main: 40' x 22' active video display (23mm pixel)

Auxiliary: 21' x 14' active video display

LED Ribbon: Two 4' x 200' East and West Fascia RGB

Stadium Seating: 20,000 seats for soccer, 25,000 seats for concerts

Luxury Suites: 32

Center Circle Club Seats: 96

Club Seating: 900

Stadium Club Room: Seats 450

Ticketing System: Veritix

Other West Stadium Amenities: 32-seat press box, 6 broadcast booths, press lounge, 18 camera positions, team offices, administrative offices

Commissary: 8,500-square-foot full-service kitchen

Concessionaire: Levy Restaurants (Chicago, Ill.)

Locker Rooms: 5 (divisible space)

Parking Stalls within 15 minutes: 6,700

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