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Ellerbe Becket

American architectural practice

Ellerbe Becket was an American Minneapolis, Minnesota-based architectural, engineering, interior design and construction firm until 2009, when it was acquired by AECOM. The firm formerly employed 475 people in seven locations and three countries, and had designed buildings in all of the 50 states and in 20 countries.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1909Founded1

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Ellerbe Becket was an American Minneapolis, Minnesota-based architectural, engineering, interior design and construction firm until 2009, when it was acquired by AECOM.2

Corporate structure

Ellerbe Becket is part of a group headed by AECOM. 13 entities, 6 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • AECOM Dallas, Texas, United States
    • Ellerbe Becket Minneapolis
    • Aecom (Canada) Subsidiary · Calgary, Canada
    • Aecom (United Kingdom) Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
    • Dunwoody Publishing & Press Subsidiary · Chantilly, United States
    • EG&G Subsidiary · Boston
      • Janet Subsidiary · Las Vegas
    • Hunt Construction Group Subsidiary · Indianapolis
    • Aecom (United States) Subsidiary · United States
    • AECOM AUSTRALIA GROUP HOLDINGS PTY LTD Subsidiary · Brisbane, Australia
    • AECOM BELGIUM Subsidiary · Leuven, Belgium
    • AECOM GLOBAL IRELAND SERVICES LIMITED Subsidiary · Dublin, Ireland
    • AECOM LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The company originally called Ellerbe & Co. was founded by Franklin Ellerbe in 1909 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Its first clients included the Mayo Clinic and 3M. Thomas Ellerbe took over the company in 1921 upon his father's death. When he retired in 1966 it became an employee-owned company. In 1988 it merged with Welton Becket and Associates of Los Angeles and became Ellerbe Becket. In 1988 it opened a sports design division in Kansas City. On October 26, 2009, Ellerbe Becket joined the architecture, planning, and engineering firm AECOM.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ellerbe Becket, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

The following were designed by the Kansas City Sports Venue branch

Stadiums

Notre Dame Stadium (and renovation), Notre Dame, IN

Lumen Field, Seattle, WA

Centennial Olympic Stadium/Turner Field (now Georgia State Stadium), Atlanta, GA

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Faurot Field (renovation), Columbia, MO

Guangdong Olympic Stadium, Guangzhou, China

Lambeau Field (renovation), Green Bay, WI

Rentschler Field, East Hartford, CT

Rhodes Stadium, Elon, NC

Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ

Autzen Stadium (renovation), Eugene, OR

S.B. Ballard Stadium (formerly Foreman Field), (renovation), Norfolk, VA

Sam Boyd Stadium (renovation), Las Vegas, NV

Johnny Unitas Stadium (renovation), Towson, MD

Innovative Field, (formerly Frontier Field), Rochester, NY

O'Shaughnessy Stadium, Saint Paul, MN

Arenas

Frost Bank Center (formerly SBC Center and AT&T Center), San Antonio, TX

Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY

Amerant Bank Arena (formerly Office Depot Center, BB&T Center, National Car Rental Center, BankAtlantic Center, and FLA Live Arena), Sunrise, FL

Amica Mutual Pavilion (formerly Dunkin' Donuts Center and Providence Civic Center), Providence, RI

FedExForum, Memphis, TN

Gainbridge Fieldhouse, (formerly Conseco Fieldhouse and Bankers Life Fieldhouse), Indianapolis, IN

Great Southern Bank Arena, (formerly JQH Arena), Springfield, MO

John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA

Joyce Center, (formerly Athletic & Convocation Center), Notre Dame, IN

KeyBank Center, (formerly First Niagara Center, HSBC Arena, and Marine Midland Arena), Buffalo, NY

Rudolf Weber-Arena, (formerly Arena Oberhausen and König-Pilsener-Arena), Oberhausen, Germany

Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York (1990s renovation)

Manchester Arena (formerly Manchester Evening News Arena), Manchester, England

Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, OR

Moda Center (formerly Rose Garden), Portland, OR

Rocket Arena (formerly Gund Arena, Quicken Loans Arena, and Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse), Cleveland, OH

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan

Enterprise Center (formerly Scottrade Center, Savvis Center, and Kiel Center), St. Louis, MO

Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, Spokane, WA

T-Mobile Center, (formerly Sprint Center), Kansas City, MO

Benchmark International Arena, (formerly Amalie Arena, Tampa Bay Times Forum, St. Pete Times Forum, and Ice Palace), Tampa, FL

Vibrant Arena at The MARK, (formerly The MARK of the Quad Cities, i Wireless Center, and TaxSlayer Center), Moline, Illinois

Mortgage Matchup Center (formerly PHX Arena, Footprint Center, Talking Stick Resort Arena, America West Arena, and US Airways Center), Phoenix, AZ

TD Garden (formerly TD Banknorth Garden, and FleetCenter), Boston, MA

Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, NV

Capital One Arena (formerly MCI Center and Verizon Center), Washington, D.C.

Xfinity Mobile Arena (formerly CoreState Center, First Union Center, Wachovia Center, and Wells Fargo Center), Philadelphia, PA

XFINITY Center (formerly Comcast Center), College Park, MD

From Wikipedia’s article on Ellerbe Becket, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2009Acquired Acquired by AECOM1
  2. 1909Founded Founded1

Sources

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