Global architecture firm HOK has acquired ROSSETTI, a Detroit-based, third-generation family-owned architecture practice with 57 years of sports venue design experience, creating one of the world's most extensive Sports, Recreation and Entertainment design practices.

The Detroit Free Press reported that the combined firm will operate as HOK + ROSSETTI during the integration period, with ROSSETTI's team continuing to operate from its Detroit office, which will serve as a key hub for the expanded practice and HOK's first permanent base in the city.

ROSSETTI's portfolio includes the Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix, the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, and Ford Field in Detroit, with active projects including a multi-phase $800m (€737m) transformation of Arthur Ashe Stadium and Cosm Detroit, a first-of-its-kind immersive entertainment venue in Cadillac Square. HOK's Detroit credits include Little Caesars Arena and the forthcoming home of Detroit FC.

The combined Sports, Recreation and Entertainment practice will be led by directors Nate Appleman, Shannon Bartch, Amy Chase, John Rhodes, Matt Rossetti, and Rashed Singaby.

Eli Hoisington, co-CEO of HOK, said the partnership accelerates the firm's trajectory with a practice whose expertise, culture, and client relationships are exceptionally aligned with HOK's own, adding that the acquisition strengthens every dimension of the Sports, Recreation and Entertainment practice while establishing a home in Detroit, a market HOK believes in deeply.

Matt Rossetti, who becomes a director within HOK's Sports, Recreation and Entertainment practice, said the firm was built on a commitment to design excellence and personal client service, and that those values are shared completely by HOK, with the combined platform providing his team the resources and reach to compete at a new level.

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