Populous (company)

Populous Holdings, Inc.
Industry	Architecture
Founded	2009
Headquarters	Kansas City; London; Brisbane
Area served	Worldwide
Services	Sports, entertainment, events, conference and exhibition center architecture
Website	populous.com

Populous, legally Populous Holdings, Inc., is a global architectural and design practice specializing in sports facilities, arenas and convention centers, as well as the planning and design of major special events.

Populous was created through a management buyout in January 2009, becoming independently owned and operated. It is reported to be one of the largest architecture firms in the world.^[1]^[2]^[3] Populous formerly operated as HOK Sport Venue Event, which was part of the HOK Group.

^ Kevin Collison, "HOK Sport Venue now stands alone", The Kansas City Star, January 5, 2009. ^{[dead link]}
^ "POPULOUS – Drawing People Together". POPULOUS. Archived from the original on June 13, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
^ Kevin Collison, "Sports architecture firm changes name" Archived April 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, The Kansas City Star, March 31, 2009 (access date March 31, 2009).

[1] Kevin Collison, "HOK Sport Venue now stands alone", The Kansas City Star, January 5, 2009. ^{[dead link]}

[2] "POPULOUS – Drawing People Together". POPULOUS. Archived from the original on June 13, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.

[3] Kevin Collison, "Sports architecture firm changes name" Archived April 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, The Kansas City Star, March 31, 2009 (access date March 31, 2009).

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