The three roof panels will weigh 11 000 tons 22 million pounds and contain enough steel to build a 55 story skyscraper.
Safeco field roof height.
Click on the camera icon links below to see the photos one by one 1 broad view from the rear of the lower deck behind the mariners dugout looking toward left field.
For the right to have their name on the stadium safeco a diversified financial services company whose roots in seattle date back to 1923 will pay 1 8 million per year for the next 20 years.
Inside the roof will be about 217 above the field at second base.
Sweeping views of seattle s downtown skyline breathtaking sunsets over puget sound combined with excellent views of game action from all angles give fans at t mobile park an experience unequalled in major league baseball.
Each panel opens and closes in the east west direction.
The unpadded wall was green with a top yellow stripe approximately twelve feet 3 7 m in height and did not have the power alley distances listed on it.
2 view from near the left field foul pole toward center field showing the movable roof supports.
Inside the roof is 217 feet above the field at second base.
3 exterior view of the left field entrance.
The two smaller panels panels 1 and 3 nest below a single large panel panel 2 when the roof is retracted and are staggered to enclose the playing field and stands when extended.
June 17 1999.
From ground level to the top of the highest roof truss will measure 275 roughly the same height as the kingdome.
The three movable panels glide on 128 steel wheels powered by 96 ten horsepower electric motors.
The structure covers nearly 9 acres weighs 22 million pounds and contains enough steel to build a skyscraper 55 stories tall.
T mobile park is a retractable roof baseball park located in seattle washington united states owned and operated by the washington state major league baseball stadium public facilities district it is the home stadium of the seattle mariners of major league baseball mlb and has a seating capacity of 47 929 for baseball.
47 243 baseball 55 000 event suites.
69 private plus 8 group.
The retractable roof system at safeco field is comprised of three 3 independently operable roof panels.
It is located in seattle s sodo neighborhood near the western.
The architects were obviously trying to give the impression of the ballpark being.
When open the roof sits above and behind the right field seats.
275 feet from ground level to the highest roof truss the same height as the kingdome.
