Phoenix construction firm lands job preparing State Farm Stadium for Super Bowl
BY RON DAVIS
Reporter, Phoenix Business Journal
A fast-growing construction company said working on preparing State Farm Stadium for Super Bowl LVII is paying early divi¬dends.
Jesus Jaramillo, president of Phoenix-based Elite Civil Construction, said his firm was one of more than 200 companies se¬lected out of about 1,800 applications for the NFL’s Business Connect program. The program aims to diversify contracts with suppliers and provide networking oppor¬tunities for local companies.
Founded in 2020, Elite Civil Construction focuses on interior commercial work like building improvements and remodels but also has a utility division for water and sewer. Jaramillo said one of the company’s employees learned about the Business Connect Program through a television ad. Seeing an opportunity to expand its band¬width, the firm applied and was selected.
By being selected, Elite Civil Construc¬tion was listed on the Business Connect Resource Guide, which allows Super Bowl vendors to identify qualified and experi¬enced providers of goods and services to fulfill their contracts.
Read more: The Business of Super Bowl LVII: What the big game means for the Val¬ley
A result of that exposure was a construc¬tion contract by BaAM Productions to help prepare State Farm Stadium for the Super Bowl. The Toronto-based events manage¬ment company works with the NFL on getting stadiums event-ready by manag¬ing construction at the site, according to its website.
Elite has 60 employees working on stadi¬um project
Because of a non-disclosure agreement, Jaramillo declined to disclose the specifics of the job. He added that the nature of the work isn’t anything new to Elite Civil Con¬struction with the only difference being an accelerated timeline. Through the Busi¬ness Connect Program, Jaramillo said Elite Civil Construction linked up with Golden West Electrical, which the company hired as a subcontractor to complete the work at State Farm Stadium.
“This particular project is going to open up a lot of doors for us. The Super Bowl proj¬ect is very unique in the sense that it’s very time-driven,” Jaramillo said. “A lot of dif¬ferent projects that have very important set dates are going to be more accessible to us.”
Between Elite Civil Construction’s team and its subcontractors, it will have around 60 employees working on this particular job.
While the firm is only a few years old, sev¬eral of its 75 employees have worked to¬gether for years. Jaramillo and about 20 of the current employees worked at Phoenix-based Degan Construction before spinning off and launching Elite Civil Construction in 2020.
With a high-profile job on the docket, Ja¬ramillo said Elite Civil Construction will bring on project engineers and project managers as well as field staff like opera¬tors and tradesmen throughout the year.
In addition to fulfilling the contract at State Farm Stadium, Jaramillo said the company has 25 active projects. That work ranges from new subdivisions to manufacturing facilities throughout the state.
From the editor: This is part of an exclusive series of articles from the Business Journal focused on minority-owned Valley busi¬nesses that are part of the NFL’s Business Connect program that helps steer them to¬ward landing contracts related to the Super Bowl.
