While it’s not the sexiest part of the construction process, ground has been broken at the Grand Sierra Resort as the 20-month process to build a $435 million arena is underway.
The first steps of the process will come underground as utility and sewer work is completed before the arena’s footprint is graded. Then, things will move vertically with the arena and an adjacent eight-story parking garage.
“We’re already doing work,” said Andrew Diss, the chief strategy officer and senior vice president of Meruelo Gaming. “We’re already doing some underground utilities. You’ve probably seen portions of the parking lot being worked on. We’ve got a sewer line that runs across that we’ve got to deal with. You can see that right in front of the building. That’s all the stuff we’ve got do before we can go vertical.”…