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Downtown's TD Ameritrade Park is coming together on schedule and on budget as builders of the $128 million project look ahead to winter.
This morning, officials from Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority and the Kiewit Building Group gave local media a glimpse at the construction progress.
The stadium's structural steel --- the largest physical job of the project --- is about 70 percent complete. Outfield berms have been formed to hold stadium seating later.
"People are really starting to see the stadium," said Kent Grisham, a Kiewit spokesman.
Roger Dixon, president of MECA, said it's exciting to see the stadium take shape. He said it will fit in well with its surroundings, including Qwest Center Omaha and entertainment projects in north downtown.
Kiewit reported that it had entered 19 contracts so far and had another 20 or more yet to come. This morning, about 200 construction workers and 12 different subcontractors were doing steel, concrete form and dirt work.
Grisham said there had been no surprises with the constuction so far. He said the project is on budget and on schedule for a spring 2011 completion. The work is at a point where winter weather won't affect the work, he said.
"Everything has formed up exactly as we planned, " Grisham said.
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