KIRO NEWSRADIO OPINION

Mariners fans fed up with megaphone preachers outside T-Mobile Park

Sep 20, 2025, 5:00 AM

Seattle city leaders are considering new legislation to limit amplified sound outside T-Mobile Park, following ongoing complaints from fans and the Seattle Mariners about street preachers using megaphones at disruptive volumes.

During “The Gee and Ursula Show” on KIRO Newsradio, co-host Gee Scott spoke about his personal experience attending the games and how irritating the preachers can be.

“The only person I want standing there is the statue of Ken Griffey Jr., that’s it,” Gee Scott said. “I don’t want any loud talk. I just want to go to the game. And I especially don’t want to be going to the game with all that noise.”

For Mariners fans, it’s become a regular part of the game-day experience: Approaching the stadium and being hit with loud religious sermons broadcast through powerful megaphones. According to a report from FOX 13, one preacher’s megaphone recently reached over 120 decibels — comparable to the volume of a rock concert and more than double Seattle’s legal noise limit of 60 decibels for commercial areas.

Listen to the full conversation above.

Listen to Gee and Ursula on “The Gee and Ursula Show” weekday mornings from 9 am to 12 pm on KIRO Newsradio. 

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