CenturyLink Field

CenturyLink Field
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CenturyLink Field in April 2005
Earlier names
Seahawks Stadium (2002-2004) Qwest Field (2004-2011)
Data
place	800 Occidental Avenue South Seattle , Washington 98134
Coordinates	47 ° 35 '42 "  N , 122 ° 19' 53"  W Coordinates: 47 ° 35 '42 "  N , 122 ° 19' 53"  W
owner	Washington State Public Stadium Authority
operator	First & Goal Inc.
start of building	April 2000
opening	July 28, 2002
surface	Artificial turf (FieldTurf)
costs	360 million US dollars
architect	Ellerbe Becket LMN Architects Streeter & Associates
capacity	NFL: 67,000 seats (expandable to 72,000 seats) MLS: 38,300 seats (expandable to 67,000 seats)
playing area	109.7 m × 50.6 m (football) 104.2 m × 67.7 m (soccer)
Societies)
Seattle Seahawks ( NFL , since 2002) Seattle Sounders ( USL 1 , 2002-2008 and MLS , since 2009) Washington Huskies ( NCAA - college football , 2011-2013)
Events
World Cyber ​​Games 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013 International Champions Cup 2015 Copa América Centenario 2016

The CenturyLink Field is an American football - and football stadium in the US city of Seattle in the state of Washington . The Seattle Seahawks from the National Football League (NFL) are based here . The Seattle Sounders football franchise from Major League Soccer (MLS) also uses the facility as its home stadium.

history

The stadium was opened on July 28, 2002 and replaced the former Kingdome at the same place . The stadium's original name was Seahawks Stadium , affectionately known as The Hawk by fans . After the telephone company Qwest bought the name rights , the name was changed to Qwest Field on June 2, 2004. After Qwest was taken over by the telecommunications company CenturyLink , it was renamed CenturyLink Field in June 2011 .

The stadium roof is constructed in such a way that when it rains, which is very common in the city, and winds from the main wind direction, only the coaches and substitutes of the away team get wet and those of the home team, which is at least always opposite in football, stay dry. Ironically, after the Seahawks played at CenturyLink Field, there were 28 straight home games played without a drop of rain. Their first game with rain was against the Dallas Cowboys on October 23, 2005. The Seahawks won 13:10.

Another special feature of the architecture is that the noise builds up under the roof structure, as wanted by Seahawks owner Paul Allen . This enables enormous noise levels, which earned the stadium the title Loudest Stadium in the NFL . It is still being discussed to what extent the fans are responsible for the noise, especially since the previous stadium, the Kingdome, had a reputation for being extremely loud. Proof of the loudness could be the penalty statistics from the 2005/06 season, which show that no other NFL stadium received as many (24) false start penalties as CenturyLink Field. Official volume measurements are not performed by the NFL.

From October 4th to 7th, 2007 the final of the computer game tournament World Cyber ​​Games 2007 took place in the stadium .

gallery

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  Aerial photo from 2002

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  Interior view of a Seahawks game against the Washington Redskins (January 2008)

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  In the foreground the CenturyLink Field and behind it the Seattle Mariners T-Mobile Park (August 2011)

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Interior panorama from July 2005

See also

• List of the largest football stadiums in the world
• List of the largest stadiums in the world

Web links

Commons : CenturyLink Field  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• centurylinkfield.com: Official website (English)
• stadiumdb.com: CenturyLink Field (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ seattletimes.nwsource.com: "Qwest buying naming rights to Seahawks Stadium" article from June 3, 2004 (English)
2. ↑ seattlepi.com: "Hawks fans blow roof off a stadium that doesn't have one" article from January 13, 2006 (English)