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Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Safeco Field
Phone:
+1 206-346-4000

Address:
1250 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98134, USA

Safeco Field is a retractable roof baseball park located in Seattle, Washington. Owned and operated by the Washington State Major League Baseball Stadium Public Facilities District, it is the home stadium of the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball and has a seating capacity of 47,715 for baseball. It is located in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood, near the western terminus of Interstate 90. The first game was played on July 15, 1999. During the 1990s, the suitability of the Mariners' original stadium—the Kingdome—as an MLB facility came under doubt, and the team's ownership group threatened to relocate the team. In September 1995, King County voters defeated a ballot measure to secure public funding for a new baseball stadium. Shortly thereafter, the Mariners' first appearance in the MLB postseason and their victory in the 1995 American League Division Series renewed a public desire to keep the team in town. As a result, the Washington State Legislature approved an alternate means of funding for the stadium with public money. The site for the stadium, just south of the Kingdome, was selected in September 1996 and construction began in March 1997. The bonds issued to finance Safeco Field were retired on October 1, 2011, five years earlier than anticipated.Aside from the Mariners, Safeco Field is also used for amateur baseball events including the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association high school state championships and one Washington Huskies game per season. Major non-baseball events that have been held at Safeco Field include the 2001 Seattle Bowl , as well as WrestleMania XIX in 2003 which attracted the stadium's record attendance of 54,097. Naming rights to the ballpark are owned by Seattle-based Safeco Insurance. The 20-year deal, which Safeco paid $40 million for prior to the ballpark's opening, will expire after the 2018 season. It was announced on June 13, 2017, that Safeco would not renew the naming rights.
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