Safeco Field
| The House That Griffey Built | |
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Safeco Field in April 2007
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| Address | 1516 First Avenue South |
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| Location | Seattle, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47°35′28″N 122°19′59″W / 47.591°N 122.333°WCoordinates: 47°35′28″N 122°19′59″W / 47.591°N 122.333°W |
| Public transit |
 Stadium Station
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| Owner | Washington State Major League Baseball Stadium Public Facilities District |
| Operator | Baseball Club of Seattle LP |
| Capacity |
Baseball: 47,943 Football: 30,144 |
| Record attendance | WrestleMania XIX 54,097 |
| Field size |
Left Field - 331 ft (101 m) Left-Center - 378 ft (115 m) Center Field - 401 ft (122 m) Right-Center - 380 ft (116 m) Right Field - 326 ft (99 m) Backstop - 55 ft (17 m) |
| Surface |
Kentucky Blue Grass / Perennial Ryegrass blend |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | March 8, 1997 |
| Opened | July 15, 1999 |
| Construction cost |
$517.6 million ($744 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect |
NBBJ 360 Architecture |
| Project manager | The Vosk Group LLP |
| Structural engineer | Magnusson Klemencic Associates |
| Services engineer | Flack + Kurtz Inc. |
| General contractor | Hunt-Kiewit |
| Main contractors | The Erection Company Inc. |
| Tenants | |
| Seattle Mariners (MLB) (1999–present) | |
Safeco Field (sometimes referred to as just Safeco) is a retractable roof baseball stadium located in Seattle, Washington. 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 47,943 for baseball. It is located in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood, near the western terminus of Interstate 90. The first game was played on July 15, 1999.
During the 1990s, the suitability of the Mariners' original stadium—the Kingdome—as a MLB facility came under doubt, 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) renewed a public desire to keep the team in town. 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.
Aside from the Mariners, Safeco Field 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 Safeco Field include the 2001 Seattle Bowl (the game attracted 30,144), as well as WrestleMania XIX in 2003 which attracted the stadium's record attendance of 54,097.
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