SEATTLE — After nearly eight decades of hosting high school football games and graduations, Seattle’s Memorial Stadium is in its final weeks of demolition, making way for a $150 million multipurpose venue scheduled to open by fall 2027.
Crews are dismantling the grandstands at the Seattle Center site. Project leaders say the work represents not just a teardown but a fundamental transformation of the historic property. The demolition includes removing barriers that long isolated the stadium from the surrounding area.
“The old building rose three or four stories tall, had lots of small concrete walls that had barbwire on the top of them,” said Rob Johnson, senior vice president of sustainability for the Seattle Kraken and Climate Pledge Arena.
The removal of the walls is opening up expansive views across the property.
“You’re starting to see the armory, MoPOP. You’re certainly seeing the Space Needle,” said David Kunselman, director of planning and capital development at Seattle Center.
As crews prepare to build the new facility, they are taking special care to honor the stadium’s origins.
“Our community built this incredible Stadium in 1947 to honor the students who lost their lives in World War II,” Johnson said.
A memorial wall bearing the inscribed names of more than 760 individuals who died in the war will be preserved and enhanced with a new plaza.
The new stadium will continue to host traditional events like high school football games and graduations while expanding its programming.
“Smaller scale sports teams, professional rugby, Ultimate Frisbee,” Johnson said, listing potential uses. “365 days a year. We want this building to be a vibrant place.”
“As much as people love the old stadium and all the things that happened there, I think people now have a vision that exciting things are going to happen here again,” Kunselman said
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