Other firms with sports design presence in Kansas City that trace their roots to Kivett include Ellerbe Becket Inc. The company is one of several Kansas City-based sports design firms that trace their roots to Kivett and Myers which designed the Truman Sports Complex which was one of the first modern large single purpose sports stadiums (previously, stadiums were designed for multipurpose use). In October 2015, Populous relocated to its new Americas headquarters at the newly renovated Board of Trade building at 4800 Main street near the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City. In March 2009, HOK Sport Venue Event changed its name to Populous after a managers' buyout by HOK Group. It was the first major company to relocate to the neighborhood in several decades. In 2005, it moved into its headquarters at 300 Wyandotte in the River Market neighborhood in a new building it designed, on land developed as an urban renewal project through tax incentives from the city's Planned Industrial Expansion Authority. The Kansas City, Missouri, office was first based in the city's Garment District in the Lucas Place office building. The new practice retained headquarters in all three cities. On HOK Sport's 15th anniversary in November 1998, the firm merged with LOBB. On several projects, HOK Sport had teamed with international design practice LOBB Partnership, which maintained offices in London, England, and Brisbane, Australia. The firm initially consisted of eight architects in Kansas City, and grew to employ 185 people by 1996. In 1983, HOK under Jerry Sincoff created a sports group (initially called the Sports Facilities Group and later changed to HOK Sport Venue Event).

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