For the right to have their name on the stadium safeco a diversified financial services company whose roots in seattle date back to 1923 will pay 1 8 million per year for the next 20 years.
Safeco field roof height.
Immediately in back of that side are the train tracks and blaring train horns are often heard during games.
Safeco field is currently home to the mlb team the seattle mariners.
The three movable panels glide on 128 steel wheels powered by 96 ten horsepower electric motors.
217 feet above second base.
On june 4 1998 the mariners announced that the name of their new ballpark will be safeco field.
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.
A retractable roof covers the field and seating areas however it does not full enclose the stadium.
Inside the roof will be about 217 above the field at second base.
631 feet for panels one and three.
From ground level to the top of the highest roof truss will measure 275 roughly the same height as the kingdome.
It is located in seattle s sodo neighborhood near the western.
The structure covers nearly 9 acres weighs 22 million pounds and contains enough steel to build a skyscraper 55 stories tall.
There are four such arches atop safeco field.
The stadium opened on july 15 1999 with the construction taking just over two years at a cost of just over 517 million about 730 million in today s dollars.
69 private plus 8 group.
275 feet from ground level to the highest roof truss the same height as the kingdome.
Sweeping views of seattle s downtown skyline breathtaking sunsets over puget sound combined with excellent views of game action from all angles give fans at t mobile park an experience unequalled in major league baseball.
47 243 baseball 55 000 event suites.
Inside the roof is 217 feet above the field at second base.
The main roofs on both stadiums are suspended with the same kind of massive arch.