Greenville’s Bon Secours Wellness Arena is moving toward a significant renovation, with design plans now revealed to city officials. According to Stadium Journey, the project will expand the 15,500-seat arena and its surrounding 12-acre campus in ways the venue has never seen before. City government review is ongoing.
The project was first announced in April 2025, making these master plans more than a year in development. On April 28 of this year, the full design plans were presented to the city council. The arena serves as home to the Greenville Swamp Rabbits hockey team and hosts concerts, graduations, and other large community events.
The Design Team Behind the Plans
Three firms are leading the effort. Caldwell Constructors, a local contractor founded in 2005, has completed more than 854 projects across the Upstate South Carolina area, ranging from the Throneblade pool and tennis courts to the Prisma Health Family YMCA Campus Expansion and the Cartwright Food Hall.
Southeast-based architecture firm LS3P brings regional arena experience. The firm previously handled the expansion and renovation of Clemson University’s Littlejohn Coliseum, completed in 2017. Clemson’s then-athletics director Dan Radakovich said at the time that the goal was to modernize the building while respecting its nearly 50-year-old structure, and that the finished result felt like walking into an entirely new facility…