| The award winning Key Arena at Seattle Center is | | | | 1992. It is also used for non-athletic entertainment |
| Seattle's premier venue for sports, concerts and family | | | | purposes, such as ice shows, circuses, and concerts. |
| entertainment. The state-of-the-art facility is | | | | The arena was built in the name the Seattle Center |
| recognized as one of the safest, most advanced and | | | | Coliseum in 1962. However, the reconstruction was |
| comfortable arenas in the world. Its unique design | | | | started on June 16, 1994 that ultimately completed on |
| provides sports and concert fans an intimate | | | | October 26, 1995. The building's original roofline was |
| entertainment experience with spectacular sightlines | | | | used as a guide and some of the original concrete for |
| and acoustics, uncommon in arenas of similar size. | | | | the main supports still exists but most everything about |
| KeyArena at Seattle Center was opened October 26, | | | | the arena was brand new. The court which was |
| 1995. It is located north of downtown Seattle, USA on | | | | originally at street level is now 35 feet below to allow |
| the grounds of Seattle Center (the site of 1962's | | | | more seating. After the rebuild, the Coliseum was |
| Century 21 Exposition, a World's Fair). Since its | | | | renamed KeyArena, as Key Bank purchased the |
| inception, It had entertained over 10 million guests. | | | | naming rights. |
| The Seattle SuperSonics of the National Basketball | | | | The first regular season game that the Seattle |
| Association are the primary tenants of this gorgeous | | | | SuperSonics played in KeyArena at Seattle Center |
| Key Arena.It has also the distinction of hosting the 1974 | | | | took place on November 4, 1995, against the Los |
| NBA All-Star Game. | | | | Angeles Lakers.The city of Seattle contributed 74.5 |
| This gorgeous Arena has been used for multipurpose | | | | million and the Seattle SuperSonics approximately 21 |
| activities. Besides hosting Seattle's own SuperSonics, | | | | million for the reconstruction of this wonderful Key |
| Storm and Thunderbirds, KeyArena at Seattle Center | | | | Arena. |
| also hosts entertainments most acclaimed talent from | | | | KeyArena is unique in the sense that it is the first |
| music's biggest stars to popular family shows. Since its | | | | publicly financed arena fully supported by earned |
| opening in 1995, KeyArena has hosted over 130 | | | | income from the building. It has wonderful seating |
| concerts including music's biggest names such as | | | | capacity for all the games and the concerts. Its seating |
| Aerosmith, Jose Carreras, Pearl Jam, Celine Dion, Elton | | | | capacity for basketball games is 17,072, ice hockey |
| John, Garth Brooks, George Strait and Simon & | | | | games and ice shows 15,177, end-stage concerts, |
| Garfunkel. It is proud of entertaining thousands of | | | | 16,641 and center-stage concerts and boxing 17,459. |
| families with shows from Disney On Ice, Champions | | | | Risers hold 7,440 on the upper level and up to 7,741 on |
| On Ice, WWE ( ), NCAA and the 1995-1996 NBA | | | | the lower level, with luxury suites adding another 1,160 |
| Finals. | | | | seats. |
| In addition to being the home of the Sonics, it is also | | | | Actually, Key Arena at Seattle Center has earned the |
| home to the Seattle Storm of the Women's National | | | | reputation of nation's best gathering place.Undoubtedly, |
| Basketball Association and the Seattle Thunderbirds, a | | | | It is home to the finest cultural and educational |
| junior hockey team in the Western Hockey League. | | | | organizations, sports teams, festivals, community |
| The Thunderbirds hosted the Memorial Cup here in | | | | programs and entertainment facilities. |