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I was lucky enough to work on a number of stadium projects (including Mercedes), although just the precast part. There are so many parts and pieces that come in after the architect has designed the spaces, I think it's virtually impossible not to have them. Signage & scoreboards, unforeseen structure, vomitory walls and caps that need to expand for a variety of reasons, MEP chases, lighting, railings and fall protection, etc. Most large projects like this also usually go through rounds of VE as well.

I think the column in the Northwestern image is a good example. That's probably holding up something they probably originally planned on cantilevering or supporting via other means. It doesn't appear to be a part of the design anywhere else. I doubt they planned for a big-ass column to be dropped into the circulation like that. Overall you can still see ~80% of the field. Not terrible.