217 feet above second base.
Safeco field roof height.
Immediately in back of that side are the train tracks and blaring train horns are often heard during games.
The structure covers nearly 9 acres weighs 22 million pounds and contains enough steel to build a skyscraper 55 stories tall.
The main roofs on both stadiums are suspended with the same kind of massive arch.
It is located in seattle s sodo neighborhood near the western.
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 is 217 feet above the field at second base.
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On june 4 1998 the mariners announced that the name of their new ballpark will be safeco field.
The three movable panels glide on 128 steel wheels powered by 96 ten horsepower electric motors.
631 feet for panels one and three.
Inside the roof will be about 217 above the field at second base.
A retractable roof covers the field and seating areas however it does not full enclose the stadium.
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There are four such arches atop safeco field.
When open the roof sits above and behind the right field seats.
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.
Safeco field is currently home to the mlb team the seattle mariners.
The telescoping roof sections are tucked above the east right field side of the stadium when it is open.
The stadium opened on july 15 1999 with the construction taking just over two years at a cost of just over 517 million about 730 million in today s dollars.
The mariners hired vance to oversee roof maintenance and operations and 17 years later he s still there perched in the command post high above center field.
