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Jumer’s Casino & Hotel

Project Name: Jumer’s Casino & Hotel
Project Location: Rock Island, Illinois
Alucobond Materials: 36,580 sq ft of 4mm Spectra Cupral
20,503 sq ft of 4mm custom Texas Copper
Year of Installation: 2008
Architect: KKE Architects, Inc. Minneapolis
Fabricator: M.G. McGrath, Inc., Architectural Sheet Metal,
Maplewood, Minn., SGH, Inc., Omaha, Neb.
General Contractor/Installer: Kraus-Anderson, Construction Co., Minneapolis
Images: KKE Architects, Inc.

Jumer’s Casino & Hotel Lights Up Landscape in Broad Daylight With Alucobond® Spectra Colors

The new Jumer’s Casino & Hotel in Rock Island, Ill., was designed to bring a Las Vegas-style gaming experience to the Midwest – opening in December 2008 as a replacement for the company’s Casino Rock Island Riverboat, which had been moored since 1992 on the Mississippi River in downtown Rock Island. The new $151-million 270,000 square-foot complex includes one 170,000 square-foot casino and entertainment center connected to a five-story 205-room hotel.

Livestrong Sporting Park Designed As U.S.’ First World-Class Soccer Stadium

Project Name: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
Project Location: Kansas City, Kansas
Alucobond Materials: 27,080 sq ft 6mm custom Willmer Blue
18,380 sq ft 6mm custom ATCT Gray
10,710 sq ft 6mm custom Pewter
4,630 sq ft 6mm custom Tucson Medium Gray
Year of Installation: 2011
Architect: Populous, Kansas City, Mo.
Fabricator/Installer: A2MG, Inc., Kansas City, Mo.
General Contractor: Turner Construction Co.
Kansas City, Mo., office
Images: Alistair Tutton Photography

The new $200-million LIVESTRONG Sporting Park – which opened in June 2011  in Kansas City, Kan., as home to the Sporting Kansas City Major League Soccer (MLS) team – was designed to be the United States’ first world-class soccer stadium. This 340,000 square-foot stadium situated on a 14-acre site features 18,500 seats and includes 36 luxury suites and five clubs. LIVESTRONG Sporting Park boasts a 75-yard by 120-yard playing field with a natural grass surface that includes an under-soil heating and moisture management system. The stadium’s state-of-the-art communications systems utilizes 300 HDTVs broadcasting through an IPTV network as well as two HD video boards, including the main 2,016 square-foot board on the stadium’s south end and a 550 square-foot board on the north end. LIVESTRONG Sporting Park is the first MLS stadium to be fully lighted for HDTV.

Tempe, Ariz. Transportation Center

Project Name: Tempe, Arizona Transportation Center
Project Location: Tempe, Arizona
Alucobond Materials: 8,300 sq ft of4mm Spectra Green
7,700 sq ft of4mm Platinum
Year of Installation: 2008
Architect: Otak – Lake Oswego, Oregon
Architekton – Tempe, Arizona
Fabricator: Elward Systems Corp., Lakewood, Colo.
Installer: Elward Construction Co., Tempe, Arizona

Alucobond® Spectra ACM Helps Create Sparkling, Sustainable Gem at Tempe, Ariz. Transportation Center

City of Tempe, Ariz., architects and engineers are no strangers to sustainable building design. The $46.8 million East Valley Bus Operations & Maintenance Facility, which is owned and operated by the Arizona cities of Tempe and Scottsdale and Valley Metro, achieved two Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certifications from the U.S. Green Building Council following its summer 2007 opening.

Benicia-Martinez, CA Toll Plaza

Project Name: Benicia-Martinez, CA Toll Plaza
Project Location: Benicia-Martinez, California
Alucobond Materials: 55,000 Ft of 4mm Copper Metallic
6,000 Ft of 4mm Shimmering Teal
Year of Installation: 2007
Architect: David Stow, CalTrans
Attachment Method: Rout and Return Dry Seal
Fabricator: CSP Architectural Metals
San Ramon, CA
Installer: C/S Erectors, Inc.
San Ramon, CA

When the new $1.2 billion Benicia-Martinez, Calif., Bridge project was set to open in late-August 2007, it wasn’t the 1.6 mile long, five-lane bridge spanning the Carquinez Strait between Contra Costa and Solano counties that garnered coverage from The San Francisco Chronicle on its www.SFGate.com web site last August 23. It was the Benicia-Martinez toll plaza. 

Plaza Midtown, Atlanta

Project Name: Plaza Midtown, Atlanta
Project Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Alucobond Materials: 53,000 sq. ft. 4mm Alucobond Plus Material
Silver Metallic
Year of Installation: 2006
Architect: Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates, Inc., Atlanta
Fabricator/Installer: The Miller Clapperton Partnership, Austell, Georgia
Attachment Method: MCP System 100

Alucobond® Plus Material Gleams at Plaza Midtown

Opened in early 2006, The Plaza Midtown in Atlanta is a mixed-use development featuring residential condominiums in two 20-story towers, and 70,000 sq. ft. of neighborhood retail. The gleaming twin towers of Silver Metallic Alucobond® Plus Material and glass are located on a 3.3-acre site that covers an entire city block, from Eighth St. to Peachtree Place between Spring and West Peachtree Streets. Directly accessible to the I-75/I-85 connector, this is part of a dynamic area with market growth that is drawing urban professionals and development.

Honolulu Design Center

Project Name: Honolulu Design Center
Project Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
ALUCOBOND Materials: 25,000 sq. ft. of ALUCOBOND PE Silver Metallic and Custom Honolulu Red
Year of Installation: 2006
Attachment Method: Elward Systems Corp. Secondary Guttered Rain-screen
Architect: RIM Architects, Hawaii
Fabricator: Elward Systems Corporation, Lakewood, Colorado
Installer: Architectural Glass& Aluminum
Oakland, California

The Honolulu Design Center selected Alucobond Material composite panels as exterior curtainwall for its combination of bold color and sleek finish to accentuate its dramatic ultra-contemporary design. The result is a breathtaking artistic statement that reinterprets several of Hawaii’s iconic natural forms and unique island experiences.