Dan Meis

Dan Meis, FAIA, RIBA[1] (born 1961) is an American architect known for designing sports and entertainment facilities including Staples Center, Safeco Field, Paycor Stadium, Saitama Super Arena, Stadio Della Roma,[2] and Everton FC's new Everton Stadium.

He began his career in Chicago under the mentorship of architect Helmut Jahn and later co-founded the sports and entertainment practice of NBBJ.

[4] MEIS is also working with entertainment giant Live Nation to design venue upgrades across a portfolio of outdoor amphitheaters.

[10] Meis designed the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the Dodge Theater (now Comerica Theatre) in Phoenix, Miller Park in Milwaukee, Safeco Field in Seattle, Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, and Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, which was the first NFL facility to win an AIA design award.

[11] Meis's design for Los Angeles's Staples Center has been stated as the "greatest arena ever built",[12] and in 2001, he appeared in Time magazine as one of their "100 Innovators in the World of Sports".