Safeco Field (Seattle, Washington)

Safeco Field is the home of the Seattle Mariners, a Major League baseball team. Designed by NBBJ and Heinlein Schrock Stearns, it cost $517,600,000 to construct from March 1997 to July 1999. Safeco Insurance owns the naming rights. The stadium has an all-seater capacity of 47,860 with 67 luxury boxes in four tiers (Main Concourse, Club Level, Suite Level, and Upper Concourse). The field a blend of Kentucky Bluegrass and Perennial Ryegrass. It has a retractable roof acting as an "umbrella" for the stands and field.

Events hosted at Safeco Field include the 2001 Seattle Bowl and WWE Wrestlemania XIX in 2003.

(Retractable roof shown in open position in satellite view.)

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Categories: Major League Baseball - mlb, 1999_construction, baseball stadium
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeco_Field
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Coordinates:  47°35'28"N 122°19'56"W
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