Nine Maxim cranes build Miami Freedom Park’s 26,700-seat stadium

Nine-crane Maxim fleet delivers Nu Stadium at Miami Freedom Park

Six crawler cranes and three rough terrains from Maxim Crane Works spent eight months building the 26,700-seat Nu Stadium at Miami Freedom Park, the centrepiece of the US$1.3 billion entertainment district that opened in April 2026.

A stadium inside a 131-acre development

The 10.5-acre, 26,700-seat stadium sits within a 131-acre private development that will eventually include a 58-acre public park, public soccer pitches, a 750-room hotel and one million sq ft of office, retail and commercial space. Building it in the middle of a densely populated city, Maxim says, demanded precision, strict adherence to the programme and minimal disruption to surrounding city life – ground the company had already covered on earlier big-city stadium contracts.

Six crawlers and three rough terrains

Maxim supplied nine cranes in all for the eight-month construction assignment. The crawler fleet was led by three 275 ton machines – a Manitowoc 999 Series 3, a Liebherr LR 1200 SX and a Kobelco CK2750G-3 – alongside a 300 ton Manitowoc 2250, a 200 ton Manitowoc 777 and a 110 ton Link-Belt LS-218H II. Shell construction support came from three rough terrain cranes, a Link-Belt RT 8090 Series II at 90 ton plus a second RT 8090 configured as a 75-tonner and a Grove RT890E also working at 75 ton, each on site for around five months.

Across the job the fleet lifted a combined 1,000 US tons and put in 4,000 labour hours, which Maxim reports were completed without major incident.

Open since April

Miami Freedom Park and Nu Stadium opened to the public on 4 April 2026, taking over from the interim Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale and adding restaurants, outdoor wellness and entertainment space to the city. For Maxim the project is one of two on the campus, the company also provided the tower cranes for the neighbouring City of Miami administration building.