The Tacoma Dome is more of an arena than a true stadium, but given that it is the largest (by volume) wooden domed arena in the world and is large enough to hold American Football on a full size field, I’m willing to overlook that technicality.
The Tacoma Dome opened in 1983 and was inaugurated with a concert by David Bowie on August 11th that year. It can seat up to 23,000 people, and unlike similarly sized arenas, has little in the way of fixed seating. Instead, the venue can be configured for a variety of different sports and events in a way that can maximise the seating capacity. The arena holds 17,100 for basketball, 20,0824 for indoor soccer and around 10,000 for American Football.
The Dome played home to the Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA for the 1994-95 season, while the KeyArena was under renovation, and also to the Seattle Sounders for the 1994 season. The arena has also been home to two minor league hockey teams over the years and is a frequent home for Washington State high school sports finals. The venue is used frequently for large scale indoor concerts.
The Dome strikes a familiar figure in the Tacoma skyline with it’s distinctive shape being one of the most noticeable features of the city. The shape has also led to it being known colloquially by locals as “the Tit of Tacoma.”
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