USL Rochester Rhinos

LeChase Chosen as Construction Manager for PaeTec Park

Published on May 7, 2003 under United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Rochester Rhinos News Release


(Rochester, NY).... The Rochester Raging Rhinos and their ownership group of Frank DuRoss, Steve Donner and Chris Economides announced today that they have selected LeChase Construction as the construction manager for PaeTec Park.

LeChase, a locally based company, was selected by the Rhinos from a short list of five firms to manage the construction of PaeTec Park. LeChase has also been involved with the building of other Rochester-area projects such as Bausch and Lomb's world headquarters, the St. John Fisher Athletic Complex and the City of Rochester's Public Safety Building.

"We are very excited to have selected LeChase as the construction manager for PaeTec Park," said Rhinos President Frank DuRoss. "They have a proven track record of bringing major projects in on-time and on-budget."

Construction on the Rhinos 17,500 seat multi-purpose stadium is set to begin in August with the Rhinos expecting to begin play in early June of 2004. Phase I of the stadium construction will consist of 13,000 permanent lower bowl seats and 4,500 upper bowl bleacher-style seats. Construction of the stadium will include a $15 million grant from the State of New York (which was committed in 2000) and a private investment of over $8 million from the Rhinos in the form of commercial financing, a food concessionaire financial commitment and cash contribution from the Rhinos team.

In addition to the Rhinos, PaeTec Park will also be the home of the Rochester Rattlers of Major League Lacrosse and host events such as Buffalo Bills controlled scrimmages, men's and women's high school and collegiate soccer, lacrosse and field hockey, women's professional soccer, and high school and collegiate football. Drum and bugle competitions, community events, concerts, youth sporting events and outdoor shows will also be scheduled into the stadium.

The stadium is designed by HOK Sports Facility Group of Kansas City, Missouri. HOK has worked with 29 of the 32 National Football League franchises and 22 of the 28 Major League Baseball teams. Clients of HOK include numerous professional and collegiate soccer, basketball, hockey and rugby teams. HOK has recently designed soccer stadiums throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

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