| “The House That Griffey Built” | |
T-Mobile Park in April 2007, then known as Safeco Field
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| Former names | Safeco Field (1999–2018) |
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| Address | 1250 First Avenue South |
| Location | Seattle, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47°35′28″N 122°19′59″W / 47.591°N 122.333°WCoordinates: 47°35′28″N 122°19′59″W / 47.591°N 122.333°W |
| Public transit |  Stadium Station King Street Station |
| Owner | Washington State Major League Baseball Stadium Public Facilities District |
| Operator | Washington State Major League Baseball Stadium Public Facilities District |
| Capacity | Baseball: 47,929 Football: 30,144 |
| Record attendance | WrestleMania XIX 54,097 |
| Field size | Left Field – 331 ft (101 m) Left-Center – 378 ft (115 m) Center Field – 401 ft (122 m) Right-Center – 381 ft (116 m) Right Field – 326 ft (99 m) Backstop – 69 ft (21 m) |
| Surface | Kentucky Blue Grass / Perennial Ryegrass blend |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | March 8, 1997 |
| Opened | July 15, 1999 |
| Construction cost | $517 million ($662 million in 2016 dollars ) |
| Architect | NBBJ 360 Architecture |
| Project manager | The Vosk Group LLP |
| Structural engineer | Magnusson Klemencic Associates |
| Services engineer | Flack + Kurtz Inc. |
| General contractor | Hunt-Kiewit |
| Main contractors | The Erection Company Inc. |
| Tenants | |
| Seattle Mariners (MLB) (1999–present) Seattle Bowl (NCAA) (2001) |
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T-Mobile Park is a baseball park in Seattle, Washington. It is the home field of the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball. It opened in 1999, and it replaced the Mariners' old stadium, the Kingdome.
The stadium opened as Safeco Field, with the locally based Safeco Insurance signing a 20-year contract to place its name on the stadium. With the contract ending after the 2018 season, Safeco chose not to renew it. The team then signed a new 25-year naming rights contract with wireless carrier T-Mobile US, the main American arm of German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom. The new name took effect on January 1, 2019.
Images for kids
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T-Mobile Park under construction in 1998.The Kingdome is visible in the background.
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View from high left field corner in July 2008.
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Retractable roof open, July 2008
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Satellite photo of T-Mobile Park
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A view of CenturyLink Field, T-Mobile Park and Mount Rainier from the top of the Space Needle.
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T-Mobile Park's main entrance.
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Left Field Entrance.
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A view looking west-southwest.
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An exterior view of T-Mobile Park
