Energizer Park Complex

Design Architects: HOK / Snow Kreilich Architects
HQ Architect: Christner Architects
Landscape Architect: DG2 Design
Construction Manager: MAK Joint Venture
Structural Engineering: HOK
Signage & Wayfinding: Kiku Obata & Company
Location: St. Louis, MO

Energizer Park is the home of the St. Louis CITY soccer club. Set at the western end of the Gateway Mall, it occupies previously underused land that once held a freeway off-ramp and parking lots. The pitch sits forty feet below grade, keeping the building at a pedestrian scale on the edge of downtown. The open-air bowl presents a semi-transparent face of open corners and slender columns beneath a reflective canopy that frames views toward the Gateway Arch. Unusually, the seating places every spectator within 120 feet of the pitch, its steep tiers drawing the crowd close for a lively gameday atmosphere. Ground-level plazas wrap all four sides, keeping the perimeter active and dissolving the boundary between the venue and the surrounding city.