Texas Live!, New Rangers Ballpark Utilities Relocation begins
Crews will dig a hole nearly four stories deep this fall in preparation for the Texas Rangers’ new $ 1.1 billion retractable roof ballpark. But before they do, a massive sanitary sewer line that runs through the Entertainment District and serves more than one-quarter of the city will need to move.
The City of Arlington has approved a plan to relocate water and sanitary sewer lines, storm drains and other utilities that currently lie beneath two Texas Rangers parking lots south of Randol Mill Road. Those parking lots will eventually become the site of the new ballpark, set to open in 2020, and a portion of the $ 250 million Texas Live! entertainment complex.
The $ 11 million utility relocation project, which is being paid for by the Texas Rangers and completed by general contractor
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Manhattan Construction, is expected to take about four months to complete. Excavation work for the future ballpark is set to begin in October.
“ This project brings us one step closer to starting construction on a climate-controlled ballpark that will provide fans a world-class experience year-round,” said John
Blake, Texas Rangers executive vice president of communications.
The line, which is one of the largest sanitary sewer mains owned and operated by the City, serves between one-quarter and one-third of Arlington. Utility services to residents and businesses are not expected to be interrupted during the project.
Preparations for ballpark construction necessitated the initial closure of Nolan Ryan Expressway between Randol Mill Road and Cowboys Way. In addition, the remainder of Toyota Parking Lot A and a majority of Tundra Parking Lot B were closed.
Texas Live! is part of a greater $ 4 billion vision for the Arlington Entertainment District that features the Rangers new $ 1.1 billion ballpark and preservation of Globe Life Park, according to the developer. The project will bring more than 3,000 new jobs and more than 3 million new visitors to Arlington, which already welcomes 14 million annual visitors.
INFRASTRUCTURE FAST FACTS
$ 11 million: cost of utilities relocation project under way for Texas Live! and ballpark project 1,600 feet: length of the new sanitary sewer pipe being 48 inches: diameter of the sanitary sewer pipe through the Entertainment District, which serves between one-quarter and one-third of Arlington’ s population
4: Months the project is expected to take to complete
TEXAS LIVE! MILESTONES
April 24, 2017: foundation permit for Texas Live! approved July 27, 2017: foundation permit for Live! by Loews hotel approved