More than a year ago, construction workers at Climate Pledge Arena were disconnecting 20 concrete y-columns and four large buttresses from the venue's historic landmark roof while erecting temporary steel columns to hold up the roof.
The innovative, never-done-before-at-this-scale concept was to keep the roof in place while the crew excavated 600,000 cubic yards of dirt to make way for a brand-new subterranean arena.
Re-connecting and Rising Up
With digging down and temporary roof support now finished, plus the last concrete poured for the pivotal south buttress, Climate Pledge Arena is in full 'building mode'