Historic MLB ballpark (1977–1999) in Seattle, WA.
The ceiling tiles said it all. When acoustic panels dropped onto the seats in July 1994, the Kingdome's days were numbered — and fans who attended games there knew the place had always asked for patience in return for baseball. The dome trapped crowd noise into something genuinely loud, and during Ken Griffey Jr.'s early seasons that noise could be electric, but the setting fought the game constantly: 660 feet across, gray poured concrete, artificial turf the color of a pool table, no natural light, no sight lines designed for a 90-foot basepath. Concessions were forgettable arena food, hot dogs and nachos in a building that always smelled faintly of the previous weekend's football. Fans arrived on foot from SoDo or by bus, the neighborhood industrial and unglamorous. The Mariners moved to what is now T-Mobile Park in 1999, and the Kingdome itself came down by implosion in March 2000. Nothing standing marks the spot.
Multi-purpose domed stadium, hosted Ken Griffey Jr.'s early career
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