Pinnacle Bank Arena Back On Track

Contractors for the $179 million Pinnacle Bank Arena under construction in Lincoln, Neb., will reinforce some improperly bent rebar discovered at the facility in December.

The plan is to shore up 26 of the 52 pile caps – cement structures that hold up columns and help distribute the weight of the building – over the next two months.

Work was temporarily stopped at the future home of the Nebraska University basketball teams when it was discovered defective rebar had been used in the foundation of the 16,500-capacity venue.

Officials with contractor Mortenson-Hampton say the repairs won’t hold up the project, scheduled for completion in 2013, or increase the cost to the city.