This week marks an exciting time – and a turning point – for Seattle Center as the brand new, state-of-the-art, fully sustainable Climate Pledge Arena at Seattle Center celebrates its grand opening.  The arena’s life began with the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, when it housed the “World of the Future.” It was reconfigured following the […]

10.14.2021 Links below will open new windows. With the grand opening of Climate Pledge Arena and the return of events at venues across the grounds, easing transportation access to Seattle Center remains a priority. There are new and improved ways to access the 74-acre campus. Traffic management plans in place around Arena events will manage […]

10.8.2021 ✔️ Tidy Uptown Cleanup✔️ VenuesNow Conference 2021✔️ Climate Pledge Arena Ribbon Cutting✔️ Coldplay: The Grand Opening✔️ Seattle Kraken Home Opener✔️ Community Open House✔️ Harvest Market presented by The Climate Pledge, curated by Seattle Farmers Market Association✔️ Community stage presented by KEXP with performances by local bands:– Terror/Cactus– chong the nomad– Shaina Shepherd Music– Hollis Wong-Wear & that’s just opening week 🥵 More on the historic lineup → here!

Nearly 30 years ago, May 9-17, 1992, the 74th Junior Hockey championship, the Memorial Cup, was hosted at Seattle Center. The competition, which determined the champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), included the winners of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey, Western Hockey and Ontario Hockey leagues. Seattle Thunderbirds, as the Memorial Cup host team, […]

Seattle Center Monorail is closed for station renovations April 12 through May 5 More info on public transportation here. Seattle Center Monorail goes out of service tomorrow through early May to start on $6.6 million worth of privately funded improvements that will better connect the Monorail to Sound Transit and King County Metro services at […]

The Arena crown ID was installed on Saturday, Dec. 5. The Arena crown ID supports an important value at Seattle Center, to steward the place for future generations to enjoy. Environmental sustainability is central to that stewardship. The crown ID also honors this historic building in that it opens sightlines on all four corners of […]

Today, a significant milestone in the construction of Climate Pledge Arena takes place with the removal of the KeyArena sign from the historic roof of the building. The sign will be removed by helicopter in 10 separate picks. The arena, located at Seattle Center, will be home to Seattle’s new NHL franchise, three-time WNBA world champion […]

As we look forward, we see many bright spots on our horizon. While in-person events are on hold, Seattle Center Studios is primed to produce outstanding virtual programming, coming soon. Seattle Center Armory is quietly undergoing major exterior upgrades that will highlight its historic facade. International Fountain is getting a refresh, along with Seattle Center […]

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that it has secured the naming rights to the new home of Seattle’s NHL team and WNBA’s Seattle Storm, and is calling it Climate Pledge Arena rather than the name of the company. In 2019, Amazon and Global Optimism announced The Climate Pledge, which calls on signatories to be net zero […]