An asset the skyline cannot commoditize.
Architecture creates recognition before the doors open—and a global identity that ordinary venue boxes cannot reproduce.
PRIVATE WORKING BRIEF / 01SEATTLE, WA / PRE-FEASIBILITY
A FOUNDING CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY
BUILD THE
LANDMARK.
OWN THE HORIZON.
SOAR is a proposal for a 20,000+ seat arena, public observatory, and civic destination held above Seattle by four structural megalegs. The first investment is not construction. It is certainty.
ILLUSTRATIVE TOTAL PROJECT FRAME$4.2BPRE-FEASIBILITY / 2026 USD / NOT A COST ESTIMATE
THE IMMEDIATE ASKPHASE 01 / TARGET
$25MFounding feasibility round
18–24 months to turn a powerful image into an investable, permit-aware, technically reviewed case.
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SOAR / PRIVATE CAPITAL OFFICEA WHITE-GLOVE
A WHITE-GLOVE
PATH TO DILIGENCE.
One direct sequence, designed for serious principals—not a public crowdfunding funnel.
- 01Review the case
Understand the mandate, capital frame, gates, and open questions.
- 02Request principal review
Provide role, capacity, and the proof your investment committee requires.
- 03Receive controlled access
Approved visitors sign in with the reviewed email and enter the private PDF room.
01THE INVESTMENT THESISICON / PLATFORM / PLACE
ONE ASSET.
MULTIPLE BUSINESSES.
A VENUE THAT EARNS
BEYOND EVENT NIGHT.
A serious event business at the center.
Basketball, concerts, premium inventory, hospitality, sponsorship, and media provide the operating foundation.
A public horizon with all-day potential.
Observation, tours, food, exhibitions, education, and district uses extend the clock beyond a conventional arena calendar.
Ambition protected by stop decisions.
Each capital phase earns the next. Technical, civic, site, cost, and operating risks are surfaced before construction capital.
02THE CAPITAL FRAME$4.2B / ILLUSTRATIVE
MAKE THE WHOLE NUMBER LEGIBLE.
CAPITAL WITH
A JOB.
This is an order-of-magnitude planning frame—not a professional cost estimate or financing offer. Feasibility exists to replace these assumptions with evidence.
03THE GATESCAPITAL FOLLOWS PROOF
FOUR CHECKS.
ONE GO / NO-GO.
Illustrative phase capital totals the $4.2B project frame. Every phase requires its own underwriting, approvals, governance, and definitive documents.
- 01$25M
Founding feasibility
18–24 monthsA decision-grade case: fund, reshape, relocate, or stop.
- 02$125M
Entitlement + schematic
24–36 monthsSite control, environmental path, public framework, and validated design basis.
- 03$650M
Site + enabling works
18–24 monthsLand, utilities, foundations, mobility interfaces, and an executable delivery package.
- 04$3.40B
Delivery close
48–60 monthsFull construction, commissioning, opening, and operating reserves.
04THE FOUNDING ROUND$25M / 18–24 MONTHS
THE FIRST PRODUCT IS A DECISION.
$25M TO KNOW
WHAT IS TRUE.
The founding round buys independent evidence, not premature concrete. It ends with a controlled choice: advance, reshape, relocate, or stop.
Architecture + engineering
Arena program, vertical transport, structure, MEP, enclosure, life safety.
Site + technical diligence
Site screen, geotechnical, environmental, utilities, aviation, and mobility.
Operating + revenue model
Event calendar, premium inventory, hospitality, tours, sponsorship, and district logic.
Cost + delivery plan
Independent estimating, schedule, procurement, risk, and constructability.
Legal + civic pathway
Entity design, site control strategy, entitlements, public affairs, and counsel.
Owner reserve + data room
Contingency, specialist studies, governance, reporting, and investor diligence.
05THE PLATFORMREVENUE BEFORE PROJECTIONS
SIX ENGINES.
ONE ICON.
These are categories to underwrite—not forecasts. The feasibility team must prove demand, pricing, utilization, operating cost, and ownership economics.
Arena calendar
Basketball, concerts, major events, and year-round programming.
Premium + hospitality
Suites, clubs, courtside, culinary, and corporate experiences.
Public horizon
Observation, tours, education, exhibitions, and destination visits.
Commercial rights
Naming, founding partners, media inventory, and branded environments.
District value
Retail, hotel, office, public realm, and adjacent real-estate participation.
Global identity
Licensing, content, architecture-led brand equity, and traveling experiences.
REFERENCE SCALE / NOT A COMPARABLE
$2.3B
LAS VEGAS SPHERE
Associated Press reported a $2.3B construction cost and 17,500-seat capacity at opening. SOAR carries different structural, arena, site, mobility, and public-realm complexity—one reason this concept holds a wider $4.2B planning frame until professional cost modeling replaces it.
Read the reported benchmark06THE PRIVATE CAPITAL DESKDIRECT INTRODUCTIONS
FOR CAPITAL THAT WANTS TO SHAPE THE ANSWER.
REQUEST A
PRINCIPAL REVIEW.
Anchor the feasibility round.
Shape the diligence mandate and discuss the project-company governance framework, subject to counsel and definitive documents.
Bring capital plus operating leverage.
Venue, real estate, hospitality, entertainment, technology, infrastructure, and global brand partners.
Help make the unknowns measurable.
Licensed design, engineering, cost, site, aviation, mobility, legal, and delivery expertise.
SOAR PRIVATE CAPITAL OFFICE / QUALIFICATION
Request a principal review.
A discreet first step for family offices, principal investors, strategic operators, professional advisors, and civic partners seeking a direct introduction and controlled diligence access.
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