The Top 20 Sports Stadium Construction Contractors in 2026

Twenty contractors and construction managers reported a combined $8.15 billion in sports facilities revenue for 2025, according to Building Design+Construction's 2026 Giants 400 ranking. This is a top-heavy market. The top five took $5.16 billion, about 63 percent of the total, and Turner Construction alone reported more than the bottom ten firms on the list combined.

If you are a trade looking at stadium work, that concentration tells you something. Almost every NFL stadium, big arena and major ballpark job running right now has one or more of the top names on it, usually in a joint venture. Below is who the 20 firms are, where they are based, which venues they are building, and what each publishes about getting on its bid list.

How We Ranked Them

The source is Building Design+Construction's Top 80 Sports Facility Construction Firms for 2026, published September 9, 2026, as part of BD+C's 2026 Giants 400 Report. BD+C describes it as a ranking of the nation's largest sports and recreation facility contractors and construction management firms. The measure is 2025 sports facilities revenue. The rank order below follows BD+C's table exactly, positions 1 through 20, with no firms added, dropped or reordered.

Caveats you should know before you read anything into the numbers:

• The revenue is self-reported in BD+C's annual survey. BD+C's 2026 report overview says firms supplied their own figures and were asked to confirm them. Neither BD+C nor we audit them.
• Joint ventures run through this whole sector. Most of the big stadiums below are JVs pairing two or more firms on this list, so the same project can show up in more than one firm's revenue.
• BD+C says its market-sector "Construction" data combines all delivery methods, including CM agency and program management fees along with general contracting, design-build and CM at risk.
• Revenue is booked as work is put in place. A firm that just won a $2 billion stadium may not show it in its 2025 number yet.
• Headquarters, projects and prequalification details come from each company's website, owner announcements or trade press, linked inline. Where I could not verify a sports project, the entry stops at HQ and revenue.

The Ranking at a Glance

Rank	Contractor	HQ	2025 sports facilities revenue
1	Turner Construction	New York, NY	$1.75B
2	AECOM	Dallas, TX	$962.4M
3	Gilbane Building Company	Providence, RI	$936.3M
4	Barton Malow Holdings	Southfield, MI	$913.6M
5	Whiting-Turner	Baltimore, MD	$591.0M
6	Clark Group	McLean, VA	$511.0M
7	PCL Construction	Denver, CO	$378.9M
8	Mortenson	Minneapolis, MN	$337.1M
9	Manhattan Construction Group	Tulsa, OK	$303.1M
10	Brasfield & Gorrie	Birmingham, AL	$223.1M
11	JE Dunn Construction	Kansas City, MO	$196.4M
12	Hensel Phelps	Greeley, CO	$188.8M
13	Swinerton	Concord, CA	$147.0M
14	The Walsh Group	Chicago, IL	$140.8M
15	Pogue Construction	McKinney, TX	$121.3M
16	Hoar Construction	Birmingham, AL	$109.8M
17	Lee Lewis Construction	Lubbock, TX	$103.0M
18	Shawmut Design and Construction	Boston, MA	$79.8M
19	Sampson Construction	Lincoln, NE	$79.0M
20	LeChase Construction Services	Rochester, NY	$72.3M

Source: BD+C 2026 Giants 400, Top 80 Sports Facility Construction Firms (2025 revenue, self-reported). HQ from company websites, or ENR's 2026 Top 400 list where a firm's own site does not label a headquarters.

The Top Five: $590 Million and Up

1. Turner Construction (New York, NY)

2025 sports facilities revenue: $1,754,915,190. That is about 1.8 times the No. 2 firm. Turner lists its headquarters at 66 Hudson Boulevard East, New York, on its contact page.

Current venues: Turner is part of the Tennessee Builders Alliance, a JV with AECOM Hunt, Polk & Associates Construction and I.C.F. Builders & Consultants, which broke ground on the new Nissan Stadium in Nashville, a 1.8-million-square-foot building. Construction Dive reported the $2.1 billion stadium topped out in November 2025 and is scheduled to open in 2027; we break that job down in our new Nissan Stadium construction cost feature. In October 2025, ENR reported that an AECOM Hunt and Turner joint venture was selected as construction manager for the Cleveland Browns' $2.4 billion, 67,500-seat stadium in Brook Park, Ohio, scheduled to open in 2029.

For subs: Turner's subcontractor page runs prequalification through a portal for U.S. and Canadian companies. Have your W-9, three years of safety data, a current financial statement, a surety letter with project and aggregate limits, and a bank line-of-credit letter ready.

2. AECOM (Dallas, TX)

2025 sports facilities revenue: $962,400,000. AECOM moved its global headquarters from Los Angeles to Dallas effective October 1, 2021. Its building work in this market runs through AECOM Hunt, which AECOM describes as part of the company.

Current venues: The Philadelphia 76ers and Flyers selected a Turner and AECOM Hunt-led joint venture as construction manager for their new South Philadelphia arena, with a targeted 2030 opening, per an October 24, 2025 release. A joint venture of AECOM Hunt and Barton Malow is construction manager on the $1.4 billion EverBank Stadium renovation in Jacksonville, which expands seating from 63,000 to 70,000 and is set to finish in 2028. We cover it in detail in our EverBank Stadium of the Future breakdown. AECOM or AECOM Hunt is also on the Nissan, Browns, Florida and Chiefs teams covered in other entries here.

For subs: I did not find a published subcontractor prequalification page for AECOM's sports work, so contact the AECOM Hunt project team directly.

3. Gilbane Building Company (Providence, RI)

2025 sports facilities revenue: $936,319,000. Gilbane's locations page lists 7 Jackson Walkway in Providence, and ENR's 2026 Top 400 lists Providence as its home base.

Current venues: A Gilbane-Turner joint venture handed over the finished $2.1 billion Highmark Stadium for the Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park, New York, a 60,108-seat stadium, Construction Dive reported on June 24, 2026. In July 2026, Gilbane topped out the New York Mets' new player development complex at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie, Florida, a 55,000-square-foot building planned to open for Spring Training 2027.

For subs: Gilbane's become-a-subcontractor page uses COMPASS by Bespoke Metrics. Have financial statements, your EMR, OSHA 300/300A forms, bank and bonding references, and project references ready.

4. Barton Malow Holdings (Southfield, MI)

2025 sports facilities revenue: $913,574,242. Barton Malow's contact page lists 26500 American Dr., Southfield, Michigan.

Current venues: Besides its JV role at EverBank Stadium (see No. 2), Barton Malow was chosen as construction manager for the new Macon Arena in Georgia, in association with Sheridan Construction. Macon-Bibb County said construction was planned to start in summer 2026, with completion in 2028.

For subs: The subcontractors page says Barton Malow uses BuildingConnected for all bidding and prequalification. It lists a W-9, prior-year audited or reviewed financials, three years of OSHA 300/300A logs and EMR, a safety manual, a bonding letter and an insurance certificate. Bid invitations can be requested through its helpdesk.

5. Whiting-Turner (Baltimore, MD)

2025 sports facilities revenue: $590,993,689. Whiting-Turner's contact page lists 300 East Joppa Road, Baltimore.

Sports work: Whiting-Turner's portfolio includes the Albert J. and Judith A. Dunlap Football Center at Florida State, a 150,000-square-foot building for Seminole Boosters, Inc. It also lists University of Missouri Memorial Stadium improvements among its projects in progress, including a 300-person "Rock M" Club. Neither page gives a value or schedule.

For subs: The prequalification page sends you to a BuildingConnected invite and posts a sample questionnaire. Check whether someone at your company already has a BuildingConnected account before you make a new one.

Ranks 6 to 10: $223 Million to $511 Million

6. Clark Group (McLean, VA)

2025 sports facilities revenue: $510,993,009. Clark's offices page does not label a headquarters; ENR's 2026 Top 400 lists Clark Group in McLean, Virginia.

Current venues: On November 11, 2026, the Kansas City Chiefs named Clark | AECOM, a joint venture of Clark and AECOM, as construction team for a fixed-roof, 70,000-person stadium in Wyandotte County, Kansas. Sitework starts in 2027 and the stadium is set to open in 2031. Clark's project page for the Washington Commanders stadium lists a 65,000-seat NFL stadium delivered as CM at risk, with completion in 2030.

For subs: Clark's trade contractors page says every trade contractor must complete its Subcontractor Qualification Application, administered through TradeTapp, before bidding.

7. PCL Construction (Denver, CO)

2025 sports facilities revenue: $378,893,969. ENR's 2026 Top 400 lists PCL Construction Enterprises in Denver.

Current venues: PCL is leading the construction management team, with McKnight Construction and J&B Construction, on the new Augusta arena in Georgia, a $250 million, 10,500-seat building that topped out in September 2026 and is scheduled to open in summer 2027. In Los Angeles, PCL's four-phase Crypto.com Arena modernization, built from 2022 to 2025 while the arena stayed open, earned ENR West 2026 Best Project honors.

For subs: I did not find a published subcontractor prequalification page on PCL's U.S. site, so go through the local district office.

8. Mortenson (Minneapolis, MN)

2025 sports facilities revenue: $337,094,000. Mortenson's contact page lists its Minneapolis headquarters at 700 Meadow Lane North.

Current venues: Mortenson-McCarthy is building the Athletics' domed ballpark in Las Vegas. 6abc reported on August 21, 2026, that the second steel truss arch went up on August 18 and that the $2 billion, 33,000-capacity ballpark is on schedule for the 2028 season. Our Las Vegas Athletics ballpark breakdown covers the cost history. In Kansas City, the Royals picked a Mortenson and McCownGordon joint venture as CM at risk on a $1.9 billion ballpark with about 34,000 fixed seats, with groundbreaking expected in May 2027 pending city approval.

For subs: Mortenson's trade partner program page says its prequalification runs through TradeTapp, part of BuildingConnected, followed by a request to be added to a bid list.

9. Manhattan Construction Group (Tulsa, OK)

2025 sports facilities revenue: $303,089,033. Manhattan's contact page lists 5601 South 122nd East Avenue, Tulsa, along with a Naples, Florida, address; its site labels Tulsa as headquarters.

Current venues: The University of Florida's athletic association announced that a Manhattan and AECOM Hunt partnership will serve as construction managers for the roughly $1.45 billion Ben Hill Griffin Stadium project, keeping seating at about 88,000, with work targeted to begin after the 2026 season. Manhattan is also building the University of South Florida's on-campus stadium with JV partners HJ Russell & Company and DuCon.

For subs: I did not find a published prequalification page on Manhattan's site, so contact the regional office.

10. Brasfield & Gorrie (Birmingham, AL)

2025 sports facilities revenue: $223,057,750. The contact page lists 3021 7th Ave. S., Birmingham.

Current venues: Brasfield & Gorrie was general contractor on the Synovus Park renovation in Columbus, Georgia, a city-owned ballpark expanded to 5,000 to 7,000 seats in time for the 2025 season. In June 2026, the firm announced completion of the Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Fayetteville, Georgia, a 200-acre site with 17 soccer pitches.

For subs: Per the trade partners page, create a BuildingConnected account and send the firm's trade contractor prequalification form to its qualifications inbox.

Ranks 11 to 15: $121 Million to $197 Million

11. JE Dunn Construction (Kansas City, MO)

2025 sports facilities revenue: $196,404,692. JE Dunn's history page places its headquarters in Kansas City.

Current venues: The Nashville Predators chose JE Dunn as construction manager for the Bridgestone Arena renovation, which was unveiled in 2025 at $650 million. The work is scheduled across summer work periods starting in 2027. JE Dunn and Monarch Build built CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, a $120 million, 11,500-seat venue that JE Dunn calls the world's first stadium built for a women's professional sports team.

For subs: The trade partners page says prequalification is required and runs through TradeTapp in BuildingConnected.

12. Hensel Phelps (Greeley, CO)

2025 sports facilities revenue: $188,825,777. The contact page lists 420 Sixth Avenue, Greeley. ColoradoBiz reported the firm broke ground on a new 143,000-square-foot headquarters in Loveland on September 30, 2026.

Current venues: Hensel Phelps is general contractor on the Mosaic Quarter Iceplex in Tucson, a three-sheet, 175,000-square-foot ice facility that broke ground November 20, 2024, topped off December 17, 2025, and is expected to open in spring 2027, according to its architect.

For subs: The trade partners page has you pick your region, review opportunities updated weekly, and fill out that region's online prequalification application.

13. Swinerton (Concord, CA)

2025 sports facilities revenue: $147,044,103. ENR's 2026 Top 400 lists Swinerton in Concord, California.

Current venues: Long Beach City College broke ground September 9, 2026, on a $250 million stadium and athletic complex with a 10,000-seat outdoor stadium and a 2,500-seat indoor arena, with Swinerton as general contractor for phase one demolition. Swinerton also self-performed on the Madera High School Memorial Stadium and Fieldhouse modernization for Madera Unified, which added more than 21,000 square feet across five buildings.

For subs: Swinerton's prequalification page says subs must be prequalified to be awarded a contract and registers new firms through CMiC. It lists a current financial statement, letter of bondability, certificate of insurance, OSHA 300 and 300A forms, a three-year EMR history, a line-of-credit letter and a W-9.

14. The Walsh Group (Chicago, IL)

2025 sports facilities revenue: $140,848,013. Walsh's contact page lists its corporate headquarters at 929 West Adams, Chicago.

Current venues: The Turner-Walsh Joint Venture topped out the $850 million New Ryan Field at Northwestern University in Evanston in November 2025, with opening scheduled for 2026. At the June 2024 groundbreaking, Northwestern described a privately funded, 35,000-seat stadium.

For subs: Walsh's bidding opportunities page posts current bids and tells subs to contact the regional office's estimating department.

15. Pogue Construction (McKinney, TX)

2025 sports facilities revenue: $121,270,000. ENR's 2026 Top 400 lists Pogue in McKinney, Texas, and its contact page lists 1512 Bray Central Dr., Suite 300, McKinney. I did not find a recent sports project on Pogue's site or in trade press, so I am not listing one. Its bids page says its public plan room runs on BuildingConnected.

Ranks 16 to 20: $72 Million to $110 Million

16. Hoar Construction (Birmingham, AL)

2025 sports facilities revenue: $109,788,000. Hoar's Birmingham contact page labels Two Metroplex Drive, Suite 400, as corporate headquarters.

Current venues: Hoar is general contractor on Sam Houston State University's $60 million Bowers Stadium renovation in Huntsville, Texas, with construction expected to cost $45.1 million for a five-level, 47,000-square-foot facility. Hoar's January 2025 announcement scheduled completion before the 2026 football season. In June 2026, Hoar started a 35,000-square-foot fieldhouse renovation at Girls Preparatory School in Chattanooga, scheduled to finish in spring 2027.

For subs: Hoar's subcontractor application page says it pulls all trade partners from its prequalification database and sends you to BuildingConnected to create or update your account.

17. Lee Lewis Construction (Lubbock, TX)

2025 sports facilities revenue: $103,000,000. ENR's 2026 Top 400 lists Lee Lewis in Lubbock, where its contact page lists 7810 Orlando Avenue.

Current venues: As construction manager on a design-build team, Lee Lewis delivered the StarCenter Multisport facility in Northlake, Texas, for the town and the Dallas Stars. It is an approximately 225,000-square-foot complex with two NHL-size rinks that opened in late 2025. Lee Lewis also lists the Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium south end zone and Womble Football Center, more than 300,000 square feet delivered as CM at risk in a joint venture with Manhattan Construction.

For subs: The trade partners page points new firms to COMPASS for prequalification.

18. Shawmut Design and Construction (Boston, MA)

2025 sports facilities revenue: $79,779,416. ENR's 2026 Top 400 lists Shawmut in Boston, where its office is at 560 Harrison Avenue.

Sports work: Shawmut's Barclays Center page says it has completed 12 projects at the Brooklyn arena for BSE Global, with a third phase underway. It also did the first Citi Field renovations for the New York Mets, 27,940 square feet finished in six months for Opening Day 2023.

19. Sampson Construction (Lincoln, NE)

2025 sports facilities revenue: $78,974,660. ENR's 2026 Top 400 lists Sampson in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Sports work: Sampson's athletic and recreation portfolio includes the Papillion Landing Community Center and Field House for the City of Papillion, Nebraska, a 200,000-square-foot complex with an 81,400-square-foot turf field house, delivered as construction manager. The project page does not give a date.

20. LeChase Construction Services (Rochester, NY)

2025 sports facilities revenue: $72,259,763. ENR's 2026 Top 400 lists LeChase in Rochester, New York.

Sports work: LeChase was general contractor on Binghamton University's $41.6 million baseball fieldhouse and stadium, a 16-month job, and on the UAlbany Broadview Arena, a 45,000-square-foot arena seating up to 3,400. Neither page gives completion dates.

For subs: LeChase's subcontractor prequalification page starts with a short web form asking for your nearest LeChase office.

What the List Tells Subcontractors

Look at who is building the big venues and the same pairs keep showing up. Turner and AECOM Hunt are together on Nissan, the Browns stadium and the Philadelphia arena. Gilbane and Turner delivered Highmark. AECOM Hunt pairs with Barton Malow in Jacksonville, Manhattan in Gainesville and Clark in Kansas City. That means one good relationship with a JV partner can get you looked at by two prequal departments.

The prequal mechanics follow the same pattern as other big-building sectors. TradeTapp in BuildingConnected is the most common system: Clark, Mortenson, JE Dunn and Hoar use it, and Barton Malow, Whiting-Turner, Brasfield & Gorrie and Pogue run bids or prequal through BuildingConnected. Gilbane and Lee Lewis use COMPASS. Turner and Swinerton run their own portals. Where firms publish their document lists, expect a W-9, financial statements, EMR, OSHA 300/300A logs, a bonding or surety letter, a line-of-credit letter and insurance certificates.

Here is the practical part. Stadiums run on fixed opening dates: a season opener, a Spring Training, a World Cup. Most of the schedules in this article are tied to one. That date does not move for weather, late steel or your crew size, so the GC's question during prequal is whether you can man up when the schedule compresses. Be honest about your capacity, and price acceleration and overtime risk into the bid instead of hoping it won't come. Our bid calculator is a good place to sanity-check your markup before you commit to one of these jobs.

Where Sports Construction Is Heading

The pipeline is long. Projects named in this article alone include NFL work in Nashville, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Kansas City and Washington, ballparks in Las Vegas and Kansas City, arenas in Philadelphia, Augusta, Macon and Nashville, and major college stadium jobs at Florida, Northwestern and Sam Houston State. Several of those do not open until 2029 to 2031, so they will carry through more than one Giants 400 cycle. We track the wider pipeline in our sports stadium construction spending report.

The federal spending numbers are flatter than the headlines. The Census Bureau's construction spending release for September 2026 put amusement and recreation construction at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $49.0 billion, down 0.3 percent from September 2025. Private spending was $23.2 billion and public spending $25.8 billion. That Census category covers more than stadiums and arenas, including things like racetracks, bowling alleys and casinos per its definitions, so treat it as context rather than a direct measure of stadium work.

The lower half of this list matters too. Firms like Hoar, Lee Lewis, Sampson and LeChase are building college stadium upgrades, ice centers, field houses and community rec complexes. Those jobs are smaller and more regional, and for a mid-size trade they are often a better entry point than an NFL stadium with a 2031 opening date.

Bottom Line

Sports construction is concentrated at the top. Turner reported more 2025 sports revenue than the bottom ten firms combined, and the top five took 63 percent of the top 20's total. Most of the large stadiums are being built by joint ventures drawn from the same handful of firms.

If you want stadium work, get prequalified with the firms that keep partnering with each other, keep your BuildingConnected and COMPASS paperwork current, and start with a college or arena job close to home. Show you can hold an opening date on a smaller venue first. That is what gets you a look on the next NFL job.

FAQ

What source is this stadium contractor ranking based on?

Building Design+Construction's Top 80 Sports Facility Construction Firms for 2026, part of its 2026 Giants 400 Report, published September 9, 2026. Firms are ranked by self-reported 2025 sports facilities revenue.

Who is the largest stadium construction company in the U.S.?

Turner Construction, with $1.75 billion in 2025 sports facilities revenue on BD+C's list. AECOM was second at $962.4 million and Gilbane third at $936.3 million.

Why are so many stadiums built by joint ventures?

The biggest jobs on this list run $1.4 billion to $2.4 billion and are tied to fixed opening dates, and a JV lets two or more builders split that work and risk. Some JVs also bring in local firms: the Nissan Stadium team pairs Turner and AECOM Hunt with Brentwood, Tennessee-based Polk & Associates and Nashville-based I.C.F. Builders & Consultants.

How do subcontractors get prequalified with stadium contractors?

Most firms on this list use BuildingConnected, many with its TradeTapp module. Gilbane and Lee Lewis use COMPASS, while Turner and Swinerton run their own portals. Expect to submit a W-9, financial statements, EMR, OSHA logs, a bonding letter and insurance certificates.

How big is the sports construction market?

Census data put amusement and recreation construction at a $49.0 billion annual rate in September 2026, roughly flat from a year earlier. That category includes more than stadiums. The top 20 firms on BD+C's list reported $8.15 billion in 2025 sports facilities revenue.