CenturyLink Field
- Seattle Seahawks (NFL ) (since 2002)
- Seattle Sounders ( USL 1 ) ( 2002-2008 )
- Seattle Sounders FC ( MLS) (since 2009)
- Washington Huskies ( NCAA) (2011-2013 )
- CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013
CenturyLink Field is a stadium in Seattle, United States. Home here are the teams of the Seattle Seahawks (NFL) and Seattle Sounders FC ( MLS). The stadium opened in July 2002 and replaces the formerly located at the same place Kingdome.
The original name of the stadium was Seahawks Stadium, called by the fans affectionately The Hawk. After Qwest bought the naming rights, renamed Qwest Field was announced on 2 June 2004. After Qwest was acquired by CenturyLink, in June 2011, the renewed renamed CenturyLink Field.
The stadium roof is designed so that during precipitation, which occurs very frequently in the city, and wind from the prevailing wind direction, only the coach and substitute the away team will get wet and the home team, which at least is always opposite in football remain dry. Ironically, found after the Seahawks in Qwest Field played, 28 home games in a row instead, where there was not a drop of rain. Their first game was the rain against the Dallas Cowboys on October 23, 2005. Seahawks won 13:10.
Another feature of the architecture is that escalates under the roof construction as of Seahawks owner Paul Allen wanted the noise. This enormous noise level are possible, which earned the loudest stadium stadium the title of the NFL. Yet it is discussed how the fans are responsible for the noise, especially since the previous stadium, the Kingdome, the call had to be extremely loud. Proof of the volume could be the penalty statistics from the 2005/2006 season be required to demonstrate that in any other stadium in the NFL as many ( 24) false-start penalties were acting like in Qwest Field. Official volume measurements are not carried out by the NFL.
From 4 to 7 October 2007, the final of the computer game tournament, the World Cyber Games 2007 was held in this stadium.