T-Mobile Park

T-Mobile Park
The T-Mobile Park in April 2007, then known as Safeco Field
Earlier names
Safeco Field (1999-2018)
Data
place	1250 First Avenue South Seattle , Washington 98134
Coordinates	47 ° 35 '28 "  N , 122 ° 19' 58.5"  W Coordinates: 47 ° 35 '28 "  N , 122 ° 19' 58.5"  W.
owner	Washington-King County Stadium Authority
start of building	March 8, 1997
opening	July 15, 1999
First game	July 15, 1999 Seattle Mariners - San Diego Padres
surface	Natural grass (mix of Kentucky Bluegrass and Perennial Ryegrass )
costs	517.6 million US dollars
architect	NBBJ 360 Architecture
capacity	47,934 seats
playing area	Left Field - 331 ft / 101 m Left Center - 390 ft / 119 m Center Field - 405 ft / 123 m Right Center - 386 ft / 118 m Right Field - 326 ft / 99 m
Societies)
Seattle Mariners ( MLB , since 1999)
Events
Seattle Bowl 2001 Wrestlemania XIX (2003) Concerts

The T-Mobile Park is a baseball stadium in the US city of Seattle in the US state of Washington . It is the home ground of the Seattle Mariners , a Major League Baseball (MLB) baseball team .

history

It was opened after two years of construction on July 15, 1999 with the Mariners' game against the San Diego Padres . Safeco Field serves the team as the successor to the Kingdome , a stadium with a closed domed roof that was directly north of the new stadium until 2000. The facility has a capacity of 47,934 spectators (excluding seats) and a closable roof. Total construction costs at the time of opening were $ 517.6 million, making Safeco Field the most expensive ballpark in the world at the time.

In 2003, Safeco Field hosted Wrestlemania XIX .

Surname

From 1999 to the end of 2018, the baseball stadium was named Safeco Field after a 20-year contract with Seattle-based insurance company Safeco Insurance . The insurer refused to extend the agreement in 2017. On December 19, 2018, a new namesake was found for 25 years and six million US dollars annually. The stadium's name sponsor has been T-Mobile US , the third-largest cellular provider in the United States , since January 1, 2019 .

gallery

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  The T-Mobile Park with the roof open (May 2002)

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  View of the grandstands (April 2007)

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  T-Mobile Park with a closed roof on the left and the Seattle Seahawks' CenturyLink Field on the right (March 2009)

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  Entrance to the T-Mobile Park (July 2006)

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  Outside view of the T-Mobile Park

See also

• T-Mobile Arena

Web links

Commons : T-Mobile Park  - Collection of Images

• T-Mobile Park on the site of the Mariners (English)
• T-Mobile Park on the site of Ballparks of Baseball (English)
• Safeco Field concert list (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mariners' stadium gets new name as T-Mobile Park replaces Safeco Field ahead of 2019 season. In: cbssports.com. CBS Corporation , December 19, 2018, accessed March 4, 2019 . 
2. ↑ T-Mobile US grows ahead of the planned Sprint takeover. handelsblatt.com, May 2, 2018, accessed March 4, 2019 . 
3. ↑ MLB: Seattle Mariners will play in the T-Mobile Field in the future. SPOX, December 20, 2018, accessed March 4, 2019 . 
4. ^ Mariners and T-Mobile announce new ballpark name. 710SPORTS.COM, December 19, 2018, accessed March 4, 2019 .