Projects
Daily's Place at TIAA Bank Field
Home of the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars, Daily’s Place Amphitheater and Covered Flex Field boasts a unique combination of uses for both the team and the community.
CLIENT
Jacksonville Jaguars
LOCATION
Jacksonville, Florida
ARCHITECT
Populous
Project Overview
Attached to the TIAA Bank Field, meticulous planning was required to overcome challenges and complete the complex in just nine months. Underneath a flowing roof that covers both structures, the 89,000 SF Flex Field and 5,500-seat amphitheater function as both a state-of-the-art entertainment venue and NFL indoor practice facility. The Flex Field includes a regulation-size football field with auxiliary space around the artificial playing surface allowing for indoor practices by the Jaguars during inclement weather. The back-of-house space includes multiple artist dressing rooms, artist lounges, a VIP guest meet and greet space, and dining facilities.
Rivers of Inspiration
Inspired by Jacksonville’s vast array of estuaries and long-span steel truss bridges over the St. Johns River, the singular long-span roof covering both the practice field and amphitheater consists of 3,000 tons of structural steel that support a PTFE membrane totaling 158,000 sq ft. Rising to a peak of 80 ft and capable of withstanding 135 mph winds, the PTFE fabric is suspended from 430-ft-long structural steel trusses supporting an array of structural steel v-columns. The roof links the steel beams with the PTFE membrane, which was placed on the underside of the structure—the first known configuration of this type.
