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This 1996 map of the Pioneer Square-Skid Road Historic District shows the location of the Kingdome (at the lower right in the map). The Kingdome (officially the King County Stadium) [4] [note 1] was a multi-purpose stadium located in the Industrial District (later SoDo) [7] neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.
Located within a mile (1.6 km) of Downtown Seattle, the stadium is accessible by multiple freeways and forms of mass transit. The stadium was built between 2000 and 2002 on the site of the Kingdome after voters approved funding for the construction in a statewide election held in June 1997. This vote created the Washington State Public Stadium ...
On September 9, 1996, the site was selected for the new stadium, just south of the Kingdome. [23] In late fall, several members of the King County Council wrote a letter to the Seattle Mariners, requesting a postponement of the projected $384.5-million stadium project. [24] T-Mobile Park under construction in 1998.
Seattle Giants, Ballard Pippins: N/A [5] Civic Field 1932–1938 15,000 Seattle Indians, Seattle Rainiers: N/A [6] Sick's Stadium: 1938–1979 25,420 Seattle Rainiers, Seattle Angels, Seattle Pilots, Seattle Steelheads: 405 feet (123 m) [7] Kingdome: 1976–2000 59,166 Seattle Mariners: 405 feet (123 m) [8] T-Mobile Park: 1999–present 46,621 ...
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On July 19, 1994, four 15-pound ceiling tiles fell from the Kingdome roof onto the field and into the stadium's seating bowl. The incident led to uncertainty over whether the Kingdome was fit for use as a major league stadium, and may well have ultimately been a factor leading to the construction of Safeco Field.
Husky Stadium was the temporary home of the Seattle Seahawks for five games (two preseason and three regular season) in 1994 while the Kingdome was temporarily closed for repairs to its damaged roof. After the demolition of the Kingdome in March 2000, the Seahawks played at Husky Stadium for the 2000 and 2001 seasons before moving into Seahawks ...
Demolished after the opening of Mercedes-Benz Stadium. 3: Kingdome: 66,000: Seattle, Washington: 2000: March 26, 2000: Seattle Seahawks (1976-1999), Seattle Sounders (1976-1983), Seattle Mariners (1977-1999), Seattle SuperSonics (1978-1985) The open-air Lumen Field stands on the site. 4: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome: 64,111: Minneapolis, Minnesota