ESPN Plaza Fact Sheet
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Acres – 120.1 (113 at ESPN Plaza incl. 31.7 in Southington purchased piecemeal starting in 1998).
Employees – Approximately 4,000 in Connecticut, including 750 at North Campus
Buildings — 19
Satellite Dishes – 26 (All are in the teleport, including the Torus which handles 35 feeds, meaning there is the functionality of 60 dishes.)
Building | Square Footage | Date Opened |
Building 0 | 10,155 | 2003 |
Building 1 | 82,495 | 1979 w/20,000 sq. ft. Expanded in ’89, 93, ‘96 |
Building 2 | 47,604 | 1981 (expanded in 2006) |
Building 3 | 63,942 | 1986 (purchased; 3-story blg built new in ‘96) |
Building 4 | 131,766 | 2007 |
Building 5 | 63,356 | 1989 (expanded in 1995) |
Building 7 (DC-1) | 194,457 | 2004 |
Building 8 (Café) | 41,699 | 1999 (18.5K sq.ft., expanded 2004, ’08, ‘15) |
Building 9 | 10,170 | 2005 |
Building 10 | 14,687 | 2003 (Wellness Center, expanded in 2012) |
Building 11 | 77,172 | 2001 |
Building 12 | 88,785 | 2004 |
Building 13 | 139,467 | 2009 |
Building 14 (DC-2) | 219,396 | 2014 |
Blg. 15 (Welcome Center) |
5,672 | 2014 |
Building 16 – * | 53,948 | 2015 |
Generator 1B | 10,604 | 2013 |
Generator 2 | 11,772 | 2008 |
Child Care Center | 49,977 | 2011 |
Total | 1,319,473 |
* – Building 16 is leased, but adjacent to ESPN Plaza, so its SF/acreage is included in the total.
Note: Over the years, ESPN has also leased an increasing amount of space in nearby locations; now consisting of two locations totaling 454,179 square feet. Notably, the North Campus Building (formerly Superior Electric, and further back the site of a commercial airport) first was occupied in 2002; ESPN became the sole occupant by 2016 (405,495 s.f.).