The Cordish Cos<\/a>., which has transformed several stadium areas in mainland cities into year-round destinations for living, working and entertainment.<\/p>\nSuch projects by the Baltimore, Md.-based developer include a $250 million project called Texas Live! that opened in 2018 with dining, entertainment and hotel offerings between Globe Life Field, home of the the Texas Rangers baseball team, and AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys football team, in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n
Cordish more recently added a 300-unit luxury rental apartment building to what is envisioned to become a $4 billion stadium district in Arlington developed in partnership with the Rangers and the City of Arlington.<\/p>\n
Another Cordish project anchored by a stadium is Ballpark Village in St. Louis, developed in partnership with the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team.<\/p>\n
Ballpark Village spans seven blocks next to Busch Stadium and features retail, entertainment venues, offices, a hotel and a 300-unit luxury apartment tower.<\/p>\n
An initial $100 million phase included a restaurant and event space dubbed Cardinals Nation and an Anheuser-Busch sports bar that both feature stadium-\u00adstyle seating with direct views into the ballpark.<\/p>\n
Cordish claims Ballpark Village was the country\u2019s first fully integrated mixed-use development designed to deliver \u201cgame-day experience\u201d energy and excitement outside stadium walls.<\/p>\n
The initial phase of the 10-acre village opened in 2014 and was built around the $411 million ballpark, which opened in 2006. A $300 million second phase opened in 2020 and included the hotel, an office tower, apartment tower and more retail and restaurant space.<\/p>\n
State Sen. Glenn Wakai, a longtime backer of the NASED plan that includes a $350 million appropriation by the Hawaii Legislature toward what is currently projected to be a $475 million new stadium, has visited two smaller Cordish entertainment district projects and described them as impressive and dynamic.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s exciting,\u201d said Wakai (D, Kalihi-Salt Lake-Pearl Harbor) of the atmosphere he saw during his two excursions. One was while dining out in the Fourth Street Live! district of Louisville, Ky., close to the KFC Yum! Center used for University of Louisville home basketball games. The other was after attending a Baltimore Orioles baseball game and visiting the nearby Power Plant Live! complex in downtown Baltimore.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth were invigorating the corridors of their two cities,\u201d Wakai said.<\/p>\n
Fourth Street Live!, which covers the equivalent of two city blocks and hosts 150 annual concerts and other events, draws over 4.5 million visitors annually to make it the most-visited attraction in Kentucky, according to Cordish.<\/p>\n
Aloha Live! <\/strong><\/p>\nFor NASED, the team led by Carr might brand part of the project Aloha Live! while also reflecting Hawaii\u2019s unique cultural history and Halawa\u2019s heritage.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur approach with all projects across the globe is to bring people, community, culture and innovation together, which we recognize is of singular importance in Hawaii,\u201d Riki Nishimura, a Populous principal, said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Brennon Morioka, dean of UH Manoa\u2019s College of Engineering, who became Gov. Josh Green\u2019s special NASED adviser after chairing the Stadium Authority board overseeing the project, has no doubt that AHDP team members can produce a great product in Halawa.<\/p>\n
Morioka visited the Populous-\u00addesigned Canvas Stadium for Colorado State University during a work conference that used some spaces in the facility, and can imagine Cordish creating an entertainment district connected with something like that in Halawa.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was very impressed,\u201d he said. \u201cIf this is what we\u2019re going to get \u2026 people are going to be happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Realizing the NASED vision has challenges, in part due to the stadium site not being part of a dense urban community. Instead, it\u2019s largely isolated by highway and freeway arteries. On top of that, the biggest regular previous user of Aloha Stadium was high school football. The UH football team plays seven home games. By comparison, Major League Baseball teams play 81 home games a year.<\/p>\n
Ways to make more regular use of the planned new stadium include attracting professional rugby and soccer teams, as well as concerts and other entertainment arranged by AHDP, which will operate and maintain the stadium for 30 years.<\/p>\n
ASM Global<\/a>, one of the world\u2019s largest event venue operators and manager of the Hawai\u2018i Convention Center, is to run the stadium for AHDP.<\/p>\nCarr\u2019s team intends to have other developers help build 4,500 homes on some of the 78 acres surrounding a new stadium on 20 acres. AHDP also will continue the popular existing swap meet and plans to integrate the city\u2019s adjacent Skyline rail station with new development.<\/p>\n
In total, Carr estimates the entire project may cost $5 billion to $6 billion and span 25 years.<\/p>\n
Demolition of the existing stadium is slated to begin by the end of the month. A replacement is projected to be done by March 2029 along with initial pieces of the entertainment district.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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