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It is the home stadium of the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball and has a seating capacity of 47,929. [1] It is in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood, near the western terminus of Interstate 90 and is owned and operated by the Washington State Major League Baseball Stadium Public Facilities District. The first game at the stadium was played on ...
The league agreed to grant Seattle another franchise in exchange for dropping the lawsuit, and the team that would later be known as the Seattle Mariners was born. [81] The Mariners held their first game in franchise history at the Kingdome on April 6, 1977, against the California Angels. The Angels shut out the Mariners 7–0 in front of a ...
The Mariners were created as a result of a lawsuit. In 1970, in the aftermath of the Seattle Pilots' purchase and relocation to Milwaukee as the Milwaukee Brewers by Bud Selig, the city of Seattle, King County, and the state of Washington (represented by then-state Attorney General and future U.S. Senator Slade Gorton) sued the American League for breach of contract. [9]
StubHub was founded in March 2000 as a class project [7] by Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr, both former Stanford Business School students and investment bankers. [8] One of its first major sports deals was with the Seattle Mariners in 2001. [9]
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 ...
Pittsburgh, PA is implementing the largest pay-by-plate parking terminal project in the USA. This project started on July 26, 2012. As of January 2013, Pittsburgh Parking Authority has completed the installation of 550+ pay-by-plate parking terminals. Every parking terminal is modem enabled, and is transmitting all payments for parking in real ...
The Seattle Mariners have played their home games at T-Mobile Park since it opened in 1999. The Seattle Mariners are a Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in Seattle, Washington, United States. The team has been a member of the American League's West division since they entered as an expansion franchise in 1977. Their name was chosen in a public contest and reflects the city's nautical ...
On April 5, 2012, the Port of Seattle and the Seattle Mariners Baseball club sent a letter to the Seattle City Council objecting to the location of the arena, citing traffic issues affecting freight mobility at the port, scheduling conflicts with Mariners' games, and gentrification of the "industrial waterfront". [14]