T-Mobile Park

Location: Seattle, Washington
Capacity: 47,929
Record Crowd: 54,097 (WWE WrestleMania XIX)
Home Team: Seattle Mariners

T-Mobile Park is a retractable roof baseball park located in Seattle, Washington, United States. Owned and operated by the Washington State Major League Baseball Stadium Public Facilities District, it is the home stadium of the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB) and has a seating capacity of 47,929 for baseball. It is located in Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood, near the western terminus of Interstate 90.

During the 1990s, the suitability of the Mariners’ original stadium—the Kingdome—as an MLB facility came under question, and the team’s ownership group threatened to relocate the team. In September 1995, King County voters defeated a ballot measure to secure public funding for a new baseball stadium. Shortly thereafter, the Mariners’ first appearance in the MLB postseason and their victory in the 1995 American League Division Series (ALDS) revived a public desire to keep the team in Seattle. As a result, the Washington State Legislature approved an alternate means of funding for the stadium with public money. The site for the stadium, just south of the Kingdome, was selected in September 1996 and construction began in March 1997. The stadium was opened on July 15, 1999, the first game at the stadium was played following the All-Star break; between the Mariners and the San Diego Padres.

The ballpark which features public art displays, a baseball museum, and the second-largest HD video display scoreboard in the MLB, was originally named Safeco Field under a 20-year naming-rights deal with Seattle-based Safeco Insurance. Safeco declined to renew the agreement beyond the 2018 season. The naming rights were acquired by T-Mobile on December 19, 2018, with the name change taking effect on January 1, 2019.

Aside from professional baseball, T-Mobile Park is also used for amateur baseball events including the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association high school state championships and one Washington Huskies game per season. Major non-baseball events that have been held at T-Mobile Park include the 2001 Seattle Bowl, as well as WrestleMania XIX in 2003 which attracted the stadium’s record attendance of 54,097. Non-sporting events held here include concerts for Paul McCartney, Foo Fighters, and Pearl Jam.