Red Bulls Topping Off Ceremony

Filed under: Red Bull NY, Stadiums

The final piece of structural steel is put into place at Red Bull Arena on Tuesday, April 14, 2009.

Posted on Apr 15th, 2009 by FC Uptown

dunny says

Heading over to check the stadium with Shaun from TheOffsideRules and Jamison from FleaMarketFunk on Saturday before the RSL at NY game….
Bill says

Is that a little tree on the beam? Weird. Is the tree gonna stay?
Cindy says

Red Bulls Reader explained how the tree is part of a construction tradition:

“In keeping with tradition, a tree was hoisted on top of the last beam, marking the highest structural element. The tree will remain in place throughout the remainder of the building process, and finally be planted nearby upon project completion.”

http://redbullsreader.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/red-bull-arena-is-%E2%80%9Ctopped-off%E2%80%9D-at-ceremony/#more-3196
Ryan says

Being from SL I have to say - I’m a little jealous of NYRB new stadium. Looks like it’s going to be awesome.

And when they topped off Rio Tinto, the final piece of steel had a tree (and a flag, I think) etched into it. Apparently it’s a builders thing.