Tourist Attractions
Seattle Center Arena Secures NHL Franchise
Last week, the National Hockey League’s Board of Governors approved Seattle as the 32nd NHL franchise. While the city has long had plans for renovating Key Arena, now re-branded as the Seattle Center Arena, demolition was on hold until the NHL franchise became official. Seattle has not had a major hockey team since the Seattle […]
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Key Arena Redevelopment Moves Forward After City Council Vote
At Monday’s meeting, the Seattle City Council voted 8-0 to approve city agreements that will allow redevelopment of Key Arena to move forward. Demolition can begin on the arena after an NHL franchise is secured, which might occur later this year. The $700 million plan involves digging below the surface to expand the arena without […]
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Seattle Symphony Will Get New, Experimental Space at Benaroya Hall
Seattle Symphony has announced the development of a new, high-tech space at their home of Benaroya Hall that will replace the previous Soundbridge Music Discovery Center. Christened the Octave 9: Raisebeck Music Center and designed by LMN Architects, the new performance venue will be created with immersion and technological advancement at the forefront. The ceiling […]
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Space Needle Remodel Nears Completion
For the last year, the Seattle Space Needle has been undergoing a $100 million remodeling projection designed to give even better overhead views of the city. During this time, a large workbench was mounted to its base in order to give crews better access, giving the building’s saucer a bulkier appearance. Last week, that workbench […]
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New Nordic Museum Opens in Ballard
Since 1980, the Nordic Heritage Museum has operated out of a schoolhouse in Ballard, a neighborhood historically influenced by Scandinavian immigration early in its history. Now the re-christened Nordic Museum has moved to a new 57,000 sq ft facility, which officially opened to the public on Saturday. The new building designed by Mithun is evocative of […]
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2018 Set to Be a Big Year for Seattle Tourism
According to an article recently published in the Seattle Times, the 2018 tourist season is revving up to have a big impact on the Seattle economy. A major source of tourists are cruise passengers that go through the Port of Seattle en route to Alaska. The Port projects over 1.1 million cruise passengers this year, […]
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New Burke Museum Completes Construction
The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture has been a respected institution since its founding in 1885, and lays claim to being the oldest public museum in the state of Washington. Since 1962, it has been housed in a nondescript facility on the University of Washington campus that has since become inadequate to house […]
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Amazon Spheres Set to Open Public Visitor’s Center
For the past few years, passerby in downtown Seattle have marveled at three large transparent globe-like structures that dominate part of Amazon’s campus. Now, the online retailer has announced that the biospheres, or simply “the Spheres,” will at least in part be open for public viewing beginning January 30. The visitor area known as “The […]
Seattle Opera Progresses on New Space at Seattle Center
The Seattle Opera hit a major milestone today in its construction of a new administrative and workshop space in Seattle Center, placing the final steel beam atop the building’s structure. The beam was signed by more than 250 opera donors, patrons and employees and accompanied by music and a prop horse from the Wagner opera […]
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Tasty Commercial Real Estate Gingerbread “Houses”
People have long been fascinated by miniature replicas of buildings – both building them and looking at them. You can find miniature buildings made out of almost every material from pewter to cardboard to Legos, of course. This time of year, the material of choice is gingerbread. Gingerbread houses seem to have originated in Germany […]
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