Manica Architecture

Manica (stylized as 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

Industry	Architecture
Founded	2007
Number of locations	Kansas City, Kansas London, England
Area served	Worldwide
Services	Sports, entertainment, events, conference and exhibition centre architecture Architecture advising and consulting
Owner	David Manica
Website	manica.global

Projects

Manica has designed numerous sports and entertainment facilities, such as:

• Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada for the Las Vegas Raiders,^[2]
• Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for Inter Miami CF,^[3][4]
• Chase Center in San Francisco for the Golden State Warriors,^[5]
• The renovation of Camp Nou in Barcelona for FC Barcelona,^[6]
• Lusail Iconic Stadium in Doha, Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, in Partnership with Foster + Partners,^[7]
• VTB Arena in Moscow, Russia,^[8]
• The Hospital for Special Surgery Training Center in Industry City, Brooklyn, a training facility for the Brooklyn Nets. ^[9]

Manica has also been contracted for:

• Designing the 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]
• Renovate Progressive Field for the Cleveland Guardians,^[3]
• Construction to a new stadium in Nashville for the Tennessee Titans.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Horn, Jason (2017-07-25). "Why World-Famous Architect David Manica Is Building a Bar in Kansas City". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
2. Nusca, Andrew. "This Is the Stunning $2 Billion Stadium Where the Las Vegas Raiders Will Play". Fortune.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
3. 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.
4. "Inter Miami CF Facilities on Track for March 2020". Inter Miami CF. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
5. "S.F. Office of Contract Administration, Bids & Contracts - Bid Document". mission.sfgov.org. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
6. "MANICA Architecture joins New Camp Nou stadium design team". Sports Venue Business (SVB). 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
7. "Lusail Iconic Stadium". Verdict Designbuild. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
8. "AEG involved in massive Moscow sports complex". www.sportsbusinessdaily.com. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
9. Dailey, Jessica (2014-06-26). "Brooklyn Nets Training Facility Planned for Sunset Park". Curbed NY. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
10. "New Chargers-Raiders stadium design released". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
11. "See the stunning renderings for the San Diego Chargers' proposed stadium project". For The Win. 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
12. NBC Sports Chicago Staff (March 16, 2022). "Bears Hire Manica Architecture to Help Design Arlington Heights Stadium". NBC Chicago. Retrieved March 17, 2022.

External links

• Architecture portal
• Sports portal

• Official website