Updated: 6:19 p.m. Monday, June 29, 2009 | Posted: 4:15 p.m. Friday, June 26, 2009
PITTSBURGH —
The company is hard at work building a replica of the 2008 Lombardi trophy that stands nearly 26 feet tall.
"It's a lot of hard work from the team (of craftsmen)," said Chris Suchko of Contemporary Design. "It takes about a thousand man hours. Everything is custom built."
Contemporary Design has already constructed other projects that hover above in the Coca-Cola Great Hall. One is what appears to be a helmet crashing through the ceiling, and another is a 30-foot-wide Steelers logo that creates a ceiling canopy.
Construction of the trophy is in the final stages of completion.
The trophy will be installed in the Great Hall in Heinz Field in mid-July.