Qwest Field and Event Center

Qwest Field is the home stadium for the NFL's Seattle Seahawks and men's and women's Seattle Sounders soccer teams. The stadium opened in July 2002 and was built on the site of the Kingdome, the previous stadium for the Seahawks, Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners, and several other Seattle sports teams. On March 26, 2000, to make way for the construction of the stadium, the Kingdome fell in the world's largest implosion of a single concrete structure.

The Qwest Field Event Center houses many consumer shows that previously took place in the Kingdome. A new parking garage provides 2,000 parking spaces at the facility, with more than 5,000 additional spaces available in surrounding parking lots.

This premier, multi-purpose sporting facility includes a 72,000-seat capacity with weather protection for 70 percent of its spectators.

The cost for the stadium is $360 million; cost for the adjoining Qwest Field Event Center is $70 million. The entire project is funded by an innovative public-private partnership, with at least $130 million coming from the private sector (led by Seahawks owner Paul G. Allen). The public’s contribution is capped at $300 million.

In addition to Seahawks football, the stadium can accommodate many levels of soccer competition, including Major League Soccer, amateur, international, World Cup, and collegiate soccer. The NCAA has expressed interest in holding a future national collegiate soccer Final Four in this facility. The stadium can also accommodate outdoor music concerts and could someday serve as a venue for the Olympics.