Next big step for arena construction: Excavation

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Demolition continues Friday at the downtown mall to make way for an arena for the Sacramento Kings. Demo is in its final stages, and excavation is beginning.

Ben van der Meer

Staff Writer- Sacramento Business Journal

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If you've been by the site of the future downtown sports and entertainment center in Sacramento, you already know there's not a lot left of buildings being torn down to see.

According to an update from the Sacramento Kings, this week will see large-scale excavation work and installation of dewatering systems for what's now essentially a giant hole in the dirt.

Mass excavation and off-site soil hauling, much of it done at night, will get underway or continue next week, according to the Kings.

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Ben van der Meer covers real estate, development, construction, transportation and the business of sports for the Sacramento Business Journal.