MWBE spotlight
Azteca Enterprises, Inc.
Hispanic-owned company adds ballpark to long list of Arlington projects
A
zteca Enterprises, which has
worked on AT&T Stadium,
Texas Live! and Globe Life Park,
can add another major Arlington
landmark to its portfolio.
The Dallas-based company,
considered one of the largest
Hispanic-owned construction
companies in the country, landed
two contracts worth almost $80
million on the $1.2 billion Globe Life
Field project. Azteca Enterprises is
working both as a subcontractor for
W&W Steel on the retractable-roof
of ballpark, as well as a Joint Venture
Partner to Con-Real, doing finish-out
work on the suites, Club level and
concession areas.
Luis Spinola, Azteca Enterprises
president and CEO, said many of
his employees are die-hard Rangers
fan who are thrilled to play a role in
creating the team’s new home. Each
year, the company buys more than
150 tickets to treat employees and
their families to a Rangers game.
“A lot of the workers are big baseball
fans. Some of our employees used
to play baseball when they were
younger,” Spinola said. “They follow
the Rangers very closely. They
feel very proud we are part of this
construction project.”
The company, celebrating 30
years in business, specializes in
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construction and renovations for
projects including airports, schools,
stadiums and convention centers,
entertainment venues, warehouses,
medical facilities and more. In
addition to the Arlington’s sports
stadiums, Azteca Enterprises has
also done previous work on street,
drainage and utilities work for
both the City of Arlington and the
University of Texas at Arlington,
including turn lanes and parking lot
repairs for the Parks Mall.
Azteca Enterprises applauded the
City of Arlington and the Texas
Rangers for the commitment to
providing meaningful opportunities
for minority- and women-owned
businesses to participate in the
ballpark construction. For example,
the opportunity to provide steel,
infrastructure, project engineering
and other services on a project of
this scale and scope is beneficial in
building his company's portfolio and
bonding capacity, Spinola said.
“Whenever public entities and
private entities collaborate on
public-private partnerships and
intentionally include minority
participation, it enhances the
marketplace and proves the
owner commitment to diversity,
inclusion and equity,” Spinola
said. “This particular project was
an intentional effort to engage
minority contractors. The way
that the project packages were
developed created multiple smaller
packages, and breakout of the work
has allowed us to have multiple
contracts on the project and
provide a variety of overall services.”
MWBE Fast Facts
The City of Arlington is
working with the Texas
Rangers and The Cordish
Companies to ensure the
diversity of the workforce
for both the future ballpark
and the Texas Live!
development.
Texas Live!
$48,965,825.35, or 37
percent, of the total
awarded contract dollars
had been awarded to
minority and women-
owned businesses as of
December 2018.
Globe Life Field
$225,389,719.50, or 25
percent, of the total
awarded contract dollars
had been awarded
to MWBE firms as of
December 2018.