MANICA Architecture

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MANICA
IndustryArchitecture
Founded2007
Number of locations
 Kansas City, Kansas London, England
Area served
World
Services
  • Sports, entertainment, events, conference and exhibition centre architecture
  • Architecture advising and consulting
OwnerDavid Manica
Website manica.global

MANICA is a Kansas City, Kansas-based architecture firm. The firm owned by namesake David Manica was formed in 2007, who previously worked at sports architecture firm HOK Sport, where he was the lead designer on The O2 Arena, the new Wembley Stadium and the Beijing National Stadium. [1] MANICA has been involved in designing numerous sports and entertainment facilities, such as the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada for the Las Vegas Raiders, [2] the DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for Inter Miami CF, [3] [4] the Chase Center in San Francisco for the Golden State Warriors, [5] the renovation of Camp Nou in Barcelona for FC Barcelona, [6] the Lusail Iconic Stadium in Doha, Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, in Partnership with Foster + Partners, [7] the VTB Arena in Moscow, Russia, [8] and the Hospital for Special Surgery Training Center in Industry City, Brooklyn, a training facility for the Brooklyn Nets. [9] MANICA was also the architectural firm contracted to design Carson Stadium in Los Angeles for the then Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers (the design was later transferred with changes to the Raiders' Las Vegas stadium project) and the proposed Chargers stadium in San Diego after the Carson project failed. [10] [11] In addition, MANICA Architecture was selected to help plan the new NFL stadium for the Chicago Bears at Arlington Park [12] , to renovate Progressive Field for the Cleveland Guardians, [3] and construction to a new stadium in Nashville for the Tennessee Titans.

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  2. ↑ Nusca, Andrew. "This Is the Stunning $2 Billion Stadium Where the Las Vegas Raiders Will Play". Fortune.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 Andrew Vaupel (March 15, 2022). "Manica Architecture will lead its first MLB project — a $200M renovation of Cleveland's 28-year-old baseball stadium". Kansas City Business Journal . Retrieved March 17, 2022.
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