Tacoma Dome
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| Location | 2727 East D Street Tacoma, Washington 98421 USA |
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| Coordinates | 47°14′12″N 122°25′36″W / 47.23667°N 122.42667°WCoordinates: 47°14′12″N 122°25′36″W / 47.23667°N 122.42667°W |
| Owner | City of Tacoma |
| Operator | City of Tacoma |
| Capacity |
5,000 – 23,000
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| Broke ground | July 1, 1981 |
| Opened | April 21, 1983 |
| Construction cost | US$44 million ($106 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect | McGranahan Messenger Associates |
| General contractor | Merit Co. |
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Tacoma Stars (MISL) (1983–1992) Tacoma Rockets (WHL) (1991–1995) Seattle SuperSonics (NBA) (1994–1995) Tacoma Sabercats (WCHL) (1997–2002) NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship (1989–1990) |
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5,000 – 23,000
The Tacoma Dome is an indoor arena located in Tacoma, Washington, United States, approximately 30 miles south of Seattle.
Upon winning an international design competition, local architects McGranahan and Messenger completed the Tacoma Dome for $44 million; it opened on April 21, 1983. The arena seats 17,100 for basketball; 530 feet (160 m) in diameter and 152 feet (46 m) tall, and able to seat 23,000, it is the largest arena with a wooden dome in the world when measured by volume. (The Superior Dome, in Marquette, Michigan, is a larger-diameter geodesic dome at 536 feet (163 m), but is 143 feet (44 m) high and seats a maximum of 16,000.) Unlike most other arenas of its size, the arena contains little in the way of fixed seating so as to maximize the flexibility of the seating arrangements and of the shape of the playing field. It can host American football, albeit with seating reduced to 10,000.
The Dome's first event was a concert by British musician David Bowie as part of his Serious Moonlight Tour on August 11, 1983.
The arena hosted the Seattle SuperSonics from 1994 to 1995 while the Seattle Center Coliseum was being renovated into the venue now known as KeyArena as well as various regular season Sonics games during other seasons. It also hosted the Tacoma Rockets Western Hockey League team from 1991 to 1995, the Tacoma Sabercats of the West Coast Hockey League from 1997 to 2002, The Tacoma Stars indoor soccer team of the MISL from 1983 to 1992, gymnastics and figure skating events during the 1990 Goodwill Games, and numerous other minor league ice hockey and indoor soccer teams. The Dome also hosted the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship in back-to-back years (1989–1990).
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