2007 MEDIA GUIDE - Seahawks Online Media Packet

FAN INFORMATION 476Qwest Field is the home of theSeahawks where they are 27-6 sinceweek 16 of the 2002 seasonIn 1996, Paul G. Allen obtained anoption to purchase the Seattle Seahawksand launched a campaign to win publicsupport for a new world-class football/soccer stadium and exhibition center.Six years later, the dream became realityas the Seahawks opened the 2002 preseasonagainst the Indianapolis Colts innew Seahawks Stadium, renamed QwestField on June 2, 2004. The facility, builtatop of the site of the Kingdome, is notonly home to the Seahawks, but the stadiumaccommodates many levels of soccercompetition, including Major LeagueSoccer, amateur, international, WorldCup and collegiate soccer.Qwest Field is designed with a 67,000seat capacity, with 5,000 additional seatsavailable for special events, and 1,400seats for fans with disabilities. With aroof covering 70 percent of the seatingarea, fans will enjoy wide, comfortableseats with sideline seating a mere 52 feetfrom the playing field and end-zone seatsjust 40 feet from the action. The facilityalso features a dozen elevators andexpansive concourses with an ampleprovision of concessions stands andrestrooms.In addition to having perfect views ofthe field and surrounding areas, fansexperience elements of diversity and culturein part of the Stadium Art Program.In 1998, a request for qualifications yieldeda total of 254 responses from aroundthe United States and Canada. Afterreviewing the full range of submissions,12 artists and projects were selected.Today, the stadium includes nearly $2million worth of art. For more informationabout the Seahawks new home, goto qwestfield.com.