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See the Tennessee Titans' new Nashville stadium one year after construction began
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Construction is moving swiftly at Nashville's new Nissan Stadium about one year after the project broke ground.
A handful of cranes now move methodically around the mass of concrete and steel rising in the shadow of the current home of the Tennessee Titans . It was only about eight months ago that the exterior structure first began showing signs of progress.
Project managers on Monday said the stadium construction is on schedule to open in February 2027, in time for the Titans season. The project, which is about 25% completed, is also still projected to be within its budget of $2.1 billion.
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Part of the reason construction has remained on track, project executives said, is the favorable weather conditions. A mostly dry fall and winter allowed workers to pour concrete on schedule, and the building reached its top concrete height in January.
"We're excited that we've got steel and precast work underway," said Kevin McGrath, vice president of CAA Icon, a consulting firm handling project management for the stadium. "In the coming months, we're going to start seeing pretty significant finishes on the outside of the building and we'll start enclosing the building."
Construction workers continue to work inside the new Nissan Stadium Monday, March 3, 2025 in Nashville, Tenn.
The next major construction milestone to watch out for will be the completion of the steel structure in November. In March of next year, the roof work will begin.
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"Today, what I saw was much different than the last time," said Tennessee Titans CEO Burke Nihill. "Certainly there's going to be a point over the next six or seven months when the outside of the building starts to feel like what it's going to look like. I think that's a big milestone."
After the roof is completed, likely by late next year, activity on the site is set to pick up even more as the interior build-out begins. That's when the stadium will begin to look like some of the designs and renderings previously released to the public.
"At that point, you're going to have close to 1,600 people on site every day," Nihill said. "Those details are really going to come to life once the building is sealed tight and they can start to put up the walls and seating finishes."
The new Nissan Stadium will have a seating capacity of about 60,000 with around 130 suites and approximately 1.8 million square feet of total space.
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The stadium project is at the center of the East Bank, a large swath of land across the Cumberland River from Downtown Nashville. It's taking shape in the shadow of the current home of the Tennessee Titans, which will still be used for the football team's seasons this year and in 2026.
A slew of high-profile events are already on the books for the new Nissan Stadium, and more could be on the way. Possibilities include the 2029 Super Bowl and the College Football Playoffs.
"Every one of those big events are eventually going to be here in time," Nihill said. "It's a matter of landing the plane on the runway. And they all have their own cycles of when they come open, when the RFP process opens. These are conversations we have in partnership with the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp., with the city, with others... we're constantly in communication about it."
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: New Tennessee Titans Nashville stadium rises a year after work starts
