12/8/2022 0 Comments Lumen stadium![]() ![]() The Seattle Sounders offer a similar program. Voters were promised a set aside of affordable seats in the stadium:Īs promised, the Seahawks continue to offer 10 percent of available seats to each home game at the average lowest ticket price available in the NFL. That close cooperation with adjacent neighborhoods continues to this day. Voters were promised community mitigation:Īs promised, Paul Allen made, and the PSA facilitated, a $10 million contribution toward neighborhood businesses and residents around the stadium for construction mitigation. ![]() Voters were promised investments in education:Īs promised, 20 percent of the net profits from events at Lumen Field Event Center have been contributed to the Washington State Common School Fund, totaling more than $5 million to date. That contribution exceeded over $40 million. Voters were promised significant investments in youth athletic facilities:Īs promised, the remaining balance in the bond account, after the final debt was retired last year, has been contributed to the State’s Youth Athletic Facilities Fund for acquiring, constructing, improving, and maintaining athletic fields across the State. The PSA continues to invest its share of the naming rights and all admission and parking tax revenue into major maintenance and modernization. The PSA ensured that over $100 million of private revenue was reinvested into renovations and major maintenance to keep the building in first-class condition. The PSA facilitated the retirement of the debt on the Kingdome and managed the public’s $300 million contribution to construction of Lumen Field and Event Center. Voters were promised a maximum $300 Million public investment: In fact, every major promise to the public made in the 1997 campaign has been realized. The past twenty years have been filled with significant milestones. Together with First & Goal Inc., the PSA ensures the high-quality operations and condition of the iconic venue now known as Lumen Field and Event Center. An Event Center for flat shows and concerts was first constructed and opened in 1998. The vision was for a state-of-the-art facility suited for NFL football, FIFA International Soccer and the anticipated expansion of MLS soccer. to design, build and operate the new, open air, 68,000-seat stadium. The PSA was created to own the stadium and exhibition center and to form a public-private partnership with First & Goal, Inc. On July 20, 2022, the Washington State Public Stadium Authority (PSA) is celebrating its 20th anniversary of Lumen Field. ![]()
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