Learn the history of your mariners ballpark.
Safeco field seattle retractable roof.
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.
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.
When the mariners sought public money to build safeco field they said they needed an expensive retractable roof to guard against seattle s rainy weather.
Now they re citing the roof as an example.
The 13 ton retractable roof comprises three independently moving segments creating a unique umbrella structure that easily moves on and off.
Safeco field is accessible to everyone with entry parking and seating options that cater to all of our fans.
The below graphic will show you the amount of times the retractable roof has been open during a game closed for a game or moved to the closed position during a game.
Safeco field safeco field rises from a historically industrial downtown seattle transforming the urban ballpark tradition into a state of the art modern sports facility.
Since the first game at safeco field there have been 1 262 regular season games played with the mariners holding a record of 669 593 530 in those games.