Hallmark is a principal and lead architect with Los Angeles-based Future Cities Development LLC. He’s worked on a number of high-profile sports and entertainment developments including the Staples Center and Pauley Pavilion in L.A. and US Airways Center and Comerica Theater in Phoenix. He’s also part of redevelopment plans for ASU’s Sun Devil Stadium. Mr. Hallmark is a founding partner in TiS, a sports venue sponsorship development company, and Future Cities a Los Angeles based company specializing in entertainment development and in the design and development of complex public / private sector sports and entertainment projects. His career began in Phoenix, Arizona. There he helped lead a resurgence of interest in that City’s downtown with a series of projects that re-introduced entertainment and retail to the City center. Those projects include the Herberger Theater in 1984, the Rouse Company’s Arizona Center in 1985, the America West Arena in 1992 and the Bank One Ballpark in 1997. In 1986, he relocated to Kansas City as Director of HNTB’s Sports Facility Group. Key projects there included Boston’s Fenway Park additions, Michigan State’s Jack Breslin Arena, and studies for several new NBA/NHL arenas. In 1988, he became the Co-founder and Director of Ellerbe Becket Sports Architects. In 1995, he co-founded NBBJ Sports and Entertainment in Los Angeles. NBBJ became the first firm to openly espouse the close synergy of Sports and entertainment in planning and design. Bachelor of Architecture Arizona State University Tempe – 1977
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