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Ellerbe Becket is an international architecture, engineering, and construction firm, founded in 1909, with its corporate office located in Minneapolis, MN, and other offices located in Washington, DC, Kansas City, MO, San Francisco, CA, and Dubai, UAE.

Areas of Expertise include architecture, construction, engineering, interior design, and environmental graphics.

Markets served include Health sciences (acute care, ambulatory care, heating & cooling plants, wellness centers, long-term care, research), Sports (stadiums, arenas, sports training facilities, recreation centers, restaurants, theaters, themed retail),and general buildings (mission critical facilities, heating & cooling plants, interiors, offices, conference and convention centers, training and research facilities, learning environments, business schools, mixed-use complexes, hotels and resorts).

The firm has an average annual revenue of $100 million.

The firm has 350 employees.

The CEO is Rick Lincicome, AIA, whose office in located in Washington, DC.

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The following lists buildings or structures designed, helped designed, or helped renovated by Ellerbe Becket.

• General Buildings
  • Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC
  • Los Angeles Music Center, Los Angeles , CA
  • Carlson School of Management - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  • Kingdom Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Target Plaza, Minneapolis, MN
  • Brasil Telecom Data Center, Brasilia, Brazil
• Health Care
  • Yonsei University Medical Center - Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea
  • Khalifa Sport City - Orthopedic Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar
  • Walt Disney Memorial Cancer Institute, Orlando, FL
  • St. Luke's Hospital Nassif Heart Center, Cedar Rapids, IA
  • St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, OH
  • Stonewall Jackson Hospital, Lexington, VA
  • Gonda Building, Rochester, MN
• Sports Facilities
  • Stadiums
    • Guangdong Olympic Stadium, Guangzhou, China (stadium for 2008 Summer Olympics)
    • Lambeau Field Renovation, Green Bay, WI
    • Qwest Field, Seattle, WA
    • Rentschler Field, East Hartford, CT
    • Rhodes Stadium, Elon, NC
    • Turner Field, Atlanta, GA
  • Arenas
    • AT&T Center (formerly SBC Center), San Antonio, TX
    • BankAtlantic Center (formerly Office Depot Center), Miami, FL
    • Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
    • FedExForum, Memphis, TN
    • HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY
    • John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA
    • Joyce Center, South Bend, IN
    • Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
    • Rose Garden Arena, Portland, OR
    • Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo, Japan
    • Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO
    • Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, Spokane, WA
    • St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa Bay, FL
    • TD Banknorth Garden (formerly FleetCenter), Boston, MA
    • Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
    • Verizon Center (formerly MCI Center), Washington, DC
    • Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA

• According to an industry survey in August, 2004, it is said that 5 of "the 10 most popular sports venues in North America" based on event ticket sales from the past year were designed by Ellerbe Becket. The following is the order of rankings, with Ellerbe Becket's venues in bold:
  • ¹ Madison Square Garden [Total sales: $24,435,412]
  • ² Wachovia Center [Total sales: $23,479,686]
  • ³ St. Pete Times Forum [Total sales: $12,625,271]
  • ⁴ The Palace of Auburn Hills [Total sales: 12,550,727]
  • ⁵ Thomas & Mack Center [Total sales: $11,945,773)]
  • ⁶ Philips Arena [Total sales: $10,981,521]
  • ⁷ Arrowhead Pond (now Honda Center) [Total sales: $10,554,675]
  • ⁸ MCI Center (now Verizon Center) [Total sales: $10,214,488]
  • ⁹ Staples Center [Total sales: $10,181,205]
  • ¹⁰ Air Canada Centre [Total sales: $9,716,732]

• Ellerbe Becket website
• CBS article about Superdome renovation by Ellerbe Becket