20,000 Seats

This site's surrounding heritage has been home to several gray iron foundries for more than one hundred years. Our design reflects the historical industrial nature of this part of the city and also keeps it compatible with the adjacent pavilion which is, in fact, the original frame structure of one of the early foundries. By excavating the bowl of the stadium sixteen feet we were able to edit part of the stadium’s mass and give it a more human scale. The clay dirt from the excavation was then used for a unique brownfield site solution that allowed us to cap and seal the foundry sand on the north end of the site.

Keeping with the spirit of the industrial neighborhood, we arranged for two nearby foundries to cast all the identifying signage. The size and "tooth" of the cast iron signs are solid transition elements between the human scale and the scale of the stadium. They are authentic pieces of Chattanooga’s heritage.

In the North parking lot we developed an innovative porous paving system and a perimeter drainage system and combined them with an old basement that became a 250,000 gallon cistern for storing storm water. Over two hundred trees were planted on the surface and are irrigated from the recycled storm water. All of this is done in the upper strata of fill with a clay barrier that minimizes water infiltration into the foundry sand strata below.