Kingdome, Safeco Field featured in throwback tweet from the Mariners
Mar 26, 2015, 9:48 AM | Updated: 10:00 am
It seems fitting the Mariners would pull out a photo with a peak-a-boo view of the Kingdome 15 years after it was blown up.
The Mariners tweeted a photo of crews laying turf for the outfield at Safeco. The old Kingdome is front and center, looming above the right field bleachers.
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Seattle historian Feliks Banel said it was 15 years ago on March 26, a sunny Sunday morning, that crews imploded the Kingdome to make room for a future CenturyLink Field.
