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November 14, 2025

Memorial Stadium is down, transforming Seattle Center

By SHAWNA GAMACHE
Associate Editor

Photo courtesy of Sellen Construction [enlarge]
Crews removed the final grandstand column last week. They crane picked about 40 pieces of concrete from the grandstand, carefully avoiding neighboring McCaw Hall.

Crews have just painstakingly removed the last of the grandstands at Seattle Public Schools' 1947-era Memorial Stadium, and that's already changing the way people experience Seattle Center.


 
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