2007 MEDIA GUIDE - Seahawks Online Media Packet

VMAC 2NEW SEAHAWKS TRAINING FACILITY TO BENAMED VIRGINIA MASON ATHLETIC CENTERThe Seahawks announced on May 9,2006, plans for a state-of-the-art trainingfacility to be located along Lake Washington.The 200,000 square foot waterfront facility,second-largest in the NFL, will be locatedwithin the northern city limits of Renton andscheduled to open in the Summer of 2008.The property is bounded by Interstate 405 tothe east, Lake Washington to the west, residentialproperty to the north and 44th Streetto the south.On March 20, 2007, the Seattle Seahawksannounced an expanded partnership withVirginia Mason Medical Center, naming theclub’s new state-of-the-art football trainingfacility the Virginia Mason Athletic Center(VMAC).“Virginia Mason is recognized as one ofthe top hospitals in the country,” saidSeahawks CEO Tod Leiweke. “The VMAC willallow our organization to consolidate intoone facility, attract and retain free agents andbring training camp back home. TheSeahawks, like Virginia Mason, strive to be atthe top of our profession and this partnershiphelps accomplish that goal.”The privately funded practice facility willbe situated on 19 acres of industrial property.It will house a permanent indoor practicefacility, the team’s current Kirkland frontoffice departments and will also accommodateCorporate Sponsorships and FanDevelopment that are currently located atQwest Field.In addition, there will be four outdoorpractice fields, 50,000 square feet of trainingfacility space (currently 16,000 in Kirkland),15,000 square feet of player meeting space(currently 5,700) and 48,000 square feet ofadministrative office space (currently14,500).The facility will also include access forfans to attend training camp.Purchased by Vulcan Real Estate in 2000,the land was formerly home to a coal tarrefinery & creosote plant, since remediatedby Vulcan in concert with the City of Rentonand the Washington State Department ofEcology. The project will improve the environmentalclimate of Renton and its wetlandsby improving and redeveloping the site.Since the team’s inaugural season in1976, the Seahawks were housed at CarillonPoint for 10.5 years from 1976-1986.