10.08.2021
Seattle Center Campus Upgrades
As Climate Pledge Arena prepares to open the world’s most sustainable arena and many resident arts and cultural organizations return to in-person events, Seattle Center has been quietly upgrading and updating campus amenities and creating new attractions to enhance the visitor experience in anticipation of the millions of event attendees who will pass through the 74-acre campus.
The projects include new digital signage that improves wayfinding and event-related information sharing throughout the grounds, to be installed later this month, along with thousands of LED lights in over 100 campus trees that change in color and intensity with campus events. Soon, the Seattle Center Art Tour presented by Alaska Airlines will be in place with maps of the campus collection, signage for most of the works and QR codes that connect to interesting online information. We’ve even refurbished our parking garages, and Seattle Center Monorail will resume service tomorrow after connection improvements, boarding area enhancements, new ticket machines and more.
We’ve talked in earlier DYKs about exterior restoration of the historic Seattle Center Armory. Inside, we’re introducing new branding, signage and digital viewing options in the Armory Food & Events Hall, and we’ll soon announce new vendors. We’ve also written about a major renovation of International Fountain and the just-opened, 18,000 square-foot Seattle Center Skate Plaza. We haven’t mentioned improvements to the Upper and Lower Northwest Courtyard, including redesign and restoration of DuPen Fountain, but these are also underway.
These initiatives show that as Seattle Center approaches the 60th Anniversary of the 1962 World’s Fair, in April 2022, the legacy of an arts, cultural and civic gathering place envisioned by fair founders continues to thrive as new initiatives spur ongoing care and investment to sustain Seattle Center long into the future.
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About Seattle Center:
Connect to the extraordinary at Seattle Center, an active civic, arts and family gathering place in the core of our region. More than 30 cultural, educational, sports and entertainment organizations that reside on the grounds, together with a broad range of public and community programs, create thousands of events on the 74-acre campus and attract over 12 million visitors each year. At Seattle Center, part of Uptown Arts & Cultural District, our purpose is to create exceptional events, experiences and environments that delight and inspire the human spirit to build stronger communities. Activities at the Center generate $1.864 billion in business activity and $631 million in labor income.
