The M.A. Mortenson Company, more commonly known under its Mortenson Construction brand, is an American construction company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with 2014 sales of (estimated) $3 billion.
Mortenson is noted as a general contractor that has built numerous sports stadiums and arenas, including U.S. Bank Stadium,[1]Fiserv Forum,[2] and Chase Center.[3] As of 2014, the company had built over 150 entertainment and sports venues in the United States;[4] by 2018, that number had grown to 170, at a valuation of $11 billion, which made Mortenson the second largest sports arena builder in the country;[5] and by 2023, more than 230 such venues had been built, valued at $15 billion.[6] Its most recent completed sports stadium project is the $1.9 billion Allegiant Stadium, home to the Las Vegas Raiders and UNLV Rebels football team, and slated for 2024 is a proposed $1.5 billion ballpark, also in Las Vegas, that will house the relocated Oakland Athletics.[6]
Mortenson Construction is also active in the field of renewable energy, having started in 1995 with a single wind turbine.[7]
In the area of wind energy, Mortenson received the contract for the 300 MW Blackspring Ridge Wind Project in Carmangay, Alberta, Canada for EDF-EN Canada. Mortenson installed a total of 15,000 megawatts of wind power by 2015. Mortenson built the Alamo 6 Solar and the Pearl Solar fields in Texas, with over 438,000 and 203,000 panels, respectively, atop 1,797 acres of land in Pecos County[7]
In 2014, with an addition of 512.9 megawattssolar power capacity, Mortenson was the second largest US company after First Solar (1,023 megawatts) and ahead of SolarCity ( 502 megawatts).[8] One of the largest projects is the construction of the solar power plants Solar Star I and II in Rosamond, California with a total of 597 MW of output that can generate electricity for 255,000 households.
The company was founded in Richfield, Minnesota in April 1954 by M. A. Mortenson, Sr., formerly a vice president with the D'Arcy Leck Construction Co.[9] While with D'Arcy Leck, Mortenson had supervised the construction of several local schools, a veterinary building on the farm campus of the University of Minnesota, and other industrial and commercial sites.[9]
^Bozick, Tara (19 Feb 2014). "City weighs its arena options". Newspapers.com. Newport News, Virginia: Daily Press. p. A10. Retrieved 9 December 2023. Another partner, Minnesota-based Mortenson Construction, has built more than 150 sports and entertainment venues nationwide.
