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Mortenson has won a contract to build a $225 million professional women’s soccer stadium in Denver, according to a Jan. 6 news release.
The Minneapolis-based contractor will serve as a stadium construction manager for the Denver Summit Football Club, an expansion team in the National Women’s Soccer League that will begin play in its inaugural season in March. The stadium will have approximately 14,500 seats and the anchor Courtyards of Sant Fe sports and entertainment redevelopment project at Interstate 25 and Broadway, south of downtown Denver.
“Santa Fe Yards represents the future of Denver’s urban landscape, and we are proud to help build a venue that will become a cornerstone of this district while elevating professional women’s soccer to the national stage,” Mortenson Executive Vice President Maja Ericksen said in the statement.
The outdoor stadium will feature a sprawling roof designed by Kansas City, Mo.-based Populous, and Denver-based CAA ICON will provide project management. This will be the second purpose-built professional women’s soccer stadium in the US, following the construction of the $117 million CPKC Stadium for the Kansas City current in 2024.
Mortenson said it will deliver the Summit FC stadium in partnership with Lakewood, Colo.-based Gratacon, a general contractor that will serve as an associate partner on the project.
“Gratacon is proud to partner with Mortenson and Denver Summit FC on this transformative project,” Gratacon CEO Jessica Ostoyich said in the statement. “As a woman-owned company delivering a purpose-built women’s football stadium, this project is of particular importance to our team.”
The project hit a snag last fall when Denver Summit FC threatened to walk from the deal until the Denver City Council voted to commit $50 million to the company in late December, according to ABC affiliate Denver 7 .
Mortenson is well versed in building stadiums, including football stadiums. According to the release, the company built MLS venues Allianz Field in Minneapolis, Energizer Stadium in St. Louis and GEODIS Park in Nashville, Tennessee.
For Denver Summit Stadium, the company has begun preconstruction activities and said full construction will begin this spring. The stadium is scheduled to open in time for Denver Summit FC’s first home game of the 2028 NWSL season.
