NW Mike
12-08-2006, 07:10 PM
Just wanted to share with other Football fans what is happening up here in Seattle. The following information is from Crawford Architects website.
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Location: Shores of Lake Washington in Renton, Washington
Situation: Over the last ten years there has been a drastic shift in the importance of team practice facilities to the development and recruitment of players. Crawford Architects was hired to design a new facility to help solidify a new era in Seahawks history.
Solution: A state-of-the-art training facility to be located along Lake Washington near Newcastle.
The privately funded practice facility will be situated on 19 acres of industrial property. It will house a permanent indoor practice facility, the team's current Kirkland front office departments and will also accomodate Corporate Sponsorships and Fan Development that are currently located at Qwest Field.
In addition, there will be four outdoor practice fields, 50,000 square feet of training facility space (currently 16,000 in Kirkland), 15,000 square feet of player meeting space (currently 5,700) and 48,000 square feet of administrative office space (currently 14,500).
The facility will also include access for fans to attend training camp in 2008 for up to 3,000 spectators per day.
Quick Facts: The 200,000 square foot waterfront facility, second-largest in the NFL, will be located within the northern city limits of Renton and scheduled to open in the Summer of 2008. The property is bounded by Interstate 405 to the east, Lake Washington to the west, residential property to the north and 44th Street to the south.
Purchased by Vulcan Real Estate in 2000, the land was formerly home to a coal tar refinery & creosote plant, since remediated by Vulcan in concert with the City of Renton and the Washington State Department of Ecology. The project will improve the environmental climate of Renton and its wetlands by improving and redeveloping the site.
Since the team's inaugural season in 1976, the Seahawks were housed at Carillon Point for 10.5 years from 1976-1986 and will spend the next two years at its Kirkland Headquarters until moving in 2008.
Closing Arguments: “Renton is thrilled to welcome the Seahawks to our community and to this stunning Lake Washington location,” said City of Renton Mayor Kathy Keolker. “We are proud that the championship caliber Seattle Seahawks are choosing Renton to call their home.
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Location: Shores of Lake Washington in Renton, Washington
Situation: Over the last ten years there has been a drastic shift in the importance of team practice facilities to the development and recruitment of players. Crawford Architects was hired to design a new facility to help solidify a new era in Seahawks history.
Solution: A state-of-the-art training facility to be located along Lake Washington near Newcastle.
The privately funded practice facility will be situated on 19 acres of industrial property. It will house a permanent indoor practice facility, the team's current Kirkland front office departments and will also accomodate Corporate Sponsorships and Fan Development that are currently located at Qwest Field.
In addition, there will be four outdoor practice fields, 50,000 square feet of training facility space (currently 16,000 in Kirkland), 15,000 square feet of player meeting space (currently 5,700) and 48,000 square feet of administrative office space (currently 14,500).
The facility will also include access for fans to attend training camp in 2008 for up to 3,000 spectators per day.
Quick Facts: The 200,000 square foot waterfront facility, second-largest in the NFL, will be located within the northern city limits of Renton and scheduled to open in the Summer of 2008. The property is bounded by Interstate 405 to the east, Lake Washington to the west, residential property to the north and 44th Street to the south.
Purchased by Vulcan Real Estate in 2000, the land was formerly home to a coal tar refinery & creosote plant, since remediated by Vulcan in concert with the City of Renton and the Washington State Department of Ecology. The project will improve the environmental climate of Renton and its wetlands by improving and redeveloping the site.
Since the team's inaugural season in 1976, the Seahawks were housed at Carillon Point for 10.5 years from 1976-1986 and will spend the next two years at its Kirkland Headquarters until moving in 2008.
Closing Arguments: “Renton is thrilled to welcome the Seahawks to our community and to this stunning Lake Washington location,” said City of Renton Mayor Kathy Keolker. “We are proud that the championship caliber Seattle Seahawks are choosing Renton to call their home.
