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Construction of Allianz Field in St. Paul’s Midway neighborhood is the primary subject, documented through day and night photography of the steel framework, roof trusses, and seating bowl as the stadium took shape on the former Metro Transit bus barn site along Snelling Avenue. The work follows the building process across multiple stages, from tower cranes assembling the structural steel to the enclosure of the seating bowl beneath the canopy truss system.

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Allianz Field stadium construction site in St. Paul at night with excavated ground and steel framework.
Allianz Field opened in 2019 as the home stadium of Minnesota United FC, the city's Major League Soccer franchise. Built in St. Paul's Midway neighborhood on the former Metro Transit bus barn site, the stadium was designed by the architecture firm Populous and cost roughly $150 million to complete. It holds about 19,400 seats and includes a translucent canopy roof engineered to shield fans from wind while keeping the natural grass field exposed to sunlight. The project broke ground in 2017, and construction proceeded through Minnesota's winter months to meet the club's 2019 season opener.
Allianz Field stadium under construction at night in St. Paul with excavated ground and illuminated steel framework.
Allianz Field is the home of Minnesota United FC, a Major League Soccer franchise that began play at this Snelling Avenue site in April 2019. Populous designed the 19,400-seat stadium, and its steel canopy roof — the structure taking shape here — was engineered to wrap the seating bowl and support a perforated tension-fabric skin unique among MLS venues. The project broke ground in 2016 on the former Metro Transit bus barn site along Snelling Avenue, part of the Midway neighborhood between downtown St. Paul and Minneapolis. Construction costs for the stadium totaled roughly $250 million, funded privately by the team's ownership group. The surrounding Snelling Avenue commercial strip, including longtime retailers like the liquor store seen beyond the site, predates the stadium by decades and has remained active throughout the build.
Yellow mobile crane operates inside Allianz Field stadium under construction at night in St. Paul.
Allianz Field opened in April 2019 as the home of Minnesota United FC, the city's Major League Soccer club. The stadium seats about 19,400 and was designed by Populous, the firm behind numerous professional sports venues across the country. Its seating bowl and roof canopy were built with steel trusswork erected before the concourses and suites were enclosed. Boom lifts and mobile cranes were used throughout construction to position steel and finish overhead work at height. The stadium sits on a site near the intersection of Snelling and University Avenues, previously home to a bus barn.
Allianz Field stadium under construction at night in St. Paul with illuminated cranes and steel structural framework.
Allianz Field, home of Minnesota United FC, rose on the site of the former Metro Transit bus barn at Snelling and St. Anthony Avenues in the Midway neighborhood of St. Paul. Construction began in 2017 and the stadium opened in April 2019, built at a cost of roughly $250 million. The venue holds about 19,400 spectators and its seating bowl was designed to keep fans close to the field, with no running track separating the stands from the pitch. Mortenson Construction served as general contractor, working with architecture firm Populous, the same firm behind numerous other MLS and NFL stadiums across the country.
Allianz Field stadium under construction in St. Paul showing excavated dirt floor and white steel framework.
Allianz Field opened in April 2019 as the home of Minnesota United FC, the city's Major League Soccer franchise. Designed by Populous, the stadium seats about 19,400 and cost roughly $150 million to build. It rises on a 17-acre site in the Midway neighborhood, once occupied by a Metro Transit bus barn, along Snelling Avenue near the border of St. Paul and Minneapolis. The precast concrete stairwells and structural steel supporting the upper concourse were installed during the stadium's final construction phase in early 2018, ahead of its inaugural season.
Allianz Field stadium under construction at night in St. Paul, Minnesota, showing excavated ground and steel framework.
Allianz Field opened in April 2019 as the home of Minnesota United FC, the city's Major League Soccer franchise. Designed by the architecture firm Populous, the stadium seats 19,400 and sits in the Midway neighborhood between St. Paul and Minneapolis, on the site of the former Metro Transit bus barn. Its roof canopy, supported by a network of steel trusses, wraps the seating bowl and was engineered to shield fans from Minnesota's wind and snow. The project cost roughly $250 million and was privately financed by the team's ownership group, led by Bill McGuire.
Interior of Allianz Field stadium under construction in St. Paul, Minnesota, showing excavated dirt floor and steel framework.
Allianz Field, home of Minnesota United FC, opened in April 2019 on the site of the former Midway Shopping Center in St. Paul's Midway neighborhood. The stadium's roof canopy relies on a steel truss system supporting a translucent membrane that wraps the seating bowl. Built at a cost of roughly $250 million, the 19,400-seat venue was designed by Populous, the firm behind numerous MLS and international soccer stadiums. During construction, crews graded and compacted the concourse levels before pouring concrete and installing finishes, a phase that typically preceded seating installation and utility hookups.
Interior of Allianz Field stadium under construction in St. Paul, Minnesota with equipment and materials.
Allianz Field is the home stadium of Minnesota United FC, a Major League Soccer club that began play in 2017 and moved into the venue upon its completion. Populous designed the 19,400-seat stadium, which sits on a 34.8-acre site in the Midway neighborhood between St. Paul and Minneapolis. Construction ran from 2017 to 2019, with the venue opening for the 2019 MLS season at a cost of roughly $250 million. Behind the seating bowl, service corridors and mechanical rooms house the plumbing, electrical, and HVAC systems required to run concessions, restrooms, and locker rooms on game days.
Interior hallway of Allianz Field stadium under construction in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Allianz Field, the Midway-neighborhood stadium built for Minnesota United FC, opened in April 2019 after roughly two years of construction. Designed by Populous, the venue holds about 19,400 seats and cost close to $150 million to build. Its lower-level concourses, cast in concrete and concrete block, house the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing runs that support the seating bowl above. The stadium sits on a 34.7-acre site once used for bus storage by Metro Transit, part of a broader redevelopment of the Snelling-University corridor.
Nighttime construction site of Allianz Field stadium in St. Paul showing concrete foundation, steel framework, and illuminated
Allianz Field opened in April 2019 as the home of Minnesota United FC, the first stadium in Minnesota built specifically for professional soccer. Designed by the architecture firm Populous, the venue holds roughly 19,400 fans and sits at the corner of Snelling and University Avenues, on the site of the former Metro Transit bus barn. Construction ran through 2017 and 2018, with the concrete seating bowl and steel roof trusses erected before the stadium's translucent roof panels and exterior mesh were installed. The project carried a construction cost of about $150 million, funded through a mix of private investment and city support.
Nighttime construction site of Allianz Field stadium in St. Paul with illuminated steel framework and red cranes.
Allianz Field, home of Minnesota United FC, rose in St. Paul's Midway neighborhood on the former Metro Transit bus barn site along Snelling Avenue. Populous designed the open-air stadium, which Mortenson Construction built for roughly $250 million and opened in April 2019. The finished venue seats about 19,400 fans beneath a distinctive steel roof structure wrapped in translucent panels, a design meant to evoke the flight patterns of a loon, Minnesota's state bird. Construction ran through the winter of 2017 into 2018, with tower cranes and mobile cranes assembling the stadium's steel superstructure before the roof trusses and seating bowl were enclosed.
Nighttime construction of Allianz Field stadium in St. Paul showing illuminated steel beams and concrete foundation work.
Allianz Field took shape on this site near the Snelling Avenue and I-94 interchange in St. Paul, built as the permanent home for Minnesota United FC. Populous designed the stadium, which opened in April 2019 with seating for about 19,400 fans. The structure's most recognizable feature is its perforated steel and fabric canopy, an 80-foot-tall ribbon that wraps the entire bowl and was engineered to admit natural light while shielding spectators from wind. During construction, crews erected this exterior truss system section by section around the concrete seating bowl before enclosing it with the metal skin. The $250 million project was privately financed by Minnesota United ownership, making it one of the first soccer-specific stadiums in MLS built without public funding.
Night photograph of Allianz Field stadium construction in St. Paul showing illuminated steel framework and structural supports.
Allianz Field is the home stadium of Minnesota United FC, a Major League Soccer club that began play in 2017. The stadium opened in April 2019 on a 34.4-acre site at the former Metro Transit bus barn along Snelling Avenue in St. Paul's Midway neighborhood. Populous designed the venue, which seats roughly 19,400 and is wrapped in a translucent membrane roof supported by a steel lattice structure encircling the seating bowl. The roof was engineered to shelter fans from Minnesota's weather while keeping the field open to natural light and air. Construction ran from 2017 to 2019 at a cost of about $250 million, funded by the team's ownership group along with the City of St. Paul.
Nighttime construction site of Allianz Field stadium in St. Paul with illuminated steel framework and cranes.
Allianz Field, home of Minnesota United FC, rose on the site of a former Metro Transit bus depot in St. Paul's Midway neighborhood. Designed by the architecture firm Populous, the stadium seats 19,400 and opened in April 2019 after roughly two years of construction. Tower cranes here were used to raise the steel framework supporting the stadium's roof canopy, engineered to shelter most seating bowls from Minnesota winters. The roughly $250 million project was financed through a combination of private ownership investment, led by Minnesota United's Bill McGuire, and public infrastructure funding from the city of St. Paul.
Nighttime construction site for Allianz Field stadium in St. Paul with industrial infrastructure and city lights.
Allianz Field rose on the former Bus Barn site at Snelling and University avenues in St. Paul's Midway neighborhood, a location chosen for its transit access and proximity to downtown. Construction on the Minnesota United FC stadium began in 2017 and finished in time for the 2019 Major League Soccer season. The venue holds roughly 19,400 fans and features a translucent exterior skin intended to glow during matches. Populous, the firm behind numerous MLS and NFL stadiums, designed the project at a cost of about $250 million, funded privately by team owner Bill McGuire.
Nighttime construction of Allianz Field stadium in St. Paul with steel framing and cranes.
Allianz Field rose in St. Paul's Midway neighborhood as the new home of Minnesota United FC, the city's Major League Soccer franchise. Designed by the architecture firm Populous, the stadium opened in April 2019 with seating for about 19,400 fans. Its roof canopy, framed here in structural steel, was built to wrap the seating bowl and shield most spectators from Minnesota's weather. The $250 million project replaced a former bus barn site along Snelling Avenue, a location chosen for its transit access and proximity to the state fairgrounds.
Nighttime construction of Allianz Field stadium in St. Paul with illuminated cranes and concrete structural supports.
Allianz Field rose in Saint Paul's Midway neighborhood as the home stadium for Minnesota United FC, the city's Major League Soccer franchise. Construction crews erected the 19,400-seat venue between 2017 and 2019, using a steel structural frame designed by architecture firm Populous. The stadium's roof canopy and open-air bowl were engineered to concentrate crowd noise over the pitch, a feature the club has promoted as one of the loudest atmospheres in MLS. Total construction costs ran to roughly $250 million, funded privately by the team's ownership group. The stadium opened in April 2019 with a capacity crowd for its first regular-season match.

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