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The Kingdome Comes Down...

 October 2000

100100.jpg (65598 bytes)Sunday, October 1, 3 p.m. - Another month.  Wow.  Six full months since the implosion.  I ran into a friend I had not seen in a while the other day.  He told me he's still asked about his friend who refused to leave her condo during the implosion.  Glad to hear I'm a legend.  Nothing going on at the site today - guess they are waiting for the puddles to dry up.
100200.jpg (71074 bytes)Monday, October 2, 4 p.m. - Remember those long concrete things I've been wondering about for a while?  (Circled at the bottom of today's photo)  Well, I finally can see where at least some of them are going!  They are being placed on the top of the top cross bars.  (Circled in about the middle of the photo)  Having seen this, I'm sure they are also being used to reinforce and probably top off most of the flat bar thingies sprinkled around the site.
100300.jpg (74246 bytes)Tuesday, October 3, 4 p.m. - It is a beautiful day out and there is not a thing moving on the site.  I'm thinking everyone is hiding out somewhere glued to a TV watching the playoff game.  That's actually what I've been doing and it's been one heck of a game.
100400.jpg (71613 bytes)Wednesday, October 4, 4 p.m. - I know it's my imagination but I swear there was precious little work going on during today's game.  The game was over (or rather, our victory was secure) about 2 p.m. and work started up again...  I don't blame them a bit.  Just now there are a couple of guys I can see working in each of the north towers.
100500.jpg (59719 bytes)Thursday, October 5, 6 p.m. - I was in a company meeting all afternoon and barely got home in time to get a picture in the daylight!  Interesting shadows, eh?  Looks like they did a bit of work on the Mariners day off.
100600.jpg (91234 bytes)Friday, October 6, 1:30 p.m. - We're in the 3rd inning and I can see workers working BUT, the ones I see are high on the towers where they have a clear view of the game at Safeco Field... 
100700.jpg (74654 bytes)Saturday, October 7, 3:15 p.m. - Well, yesterday, during the game, they removed the wooden forms from the northeast tower.  I was too involved in the game to notice or get a photo.  Sorry.  But, I'd like to point out my new arrow tool!  I upgraded my picture software and now have real arrows instead of my old crappy ones.  Also, there's a circle.  They filled in one of the areas under the seat holders on the east side... interesting.
100800.jpg (65458 bytes)Sunday, October 8, 1 p.m. - stadium.jpg (26781 bytes)In my photo today, I've circled some things that were added a while back but I just noticed them... vomitoriums at the south end of the field.  In today's paper they had the photo at the right.  Notice how the east side of the room swoops down?  It's going to swoop down right on that northeast post we've been watching being finished.  It's really taking shape.  But, this photo also shows that it is unlikely I'll be able to see much, if any of the field.  The arrow I put there shows my building.  
100900.jpg (69905 bytes)Monday, October 9, 4 p.m. - Today's arrow points to the northwest tower where they really didn't do that much work, I just love these new arrows that I had to use another one.  It's been raining all day - at times really raining hard - so the site is just soggy.  But, there is a lot of movement of trucks and people and cranes.  They seem to be working hard.
101000.jpg (72883 bytes)Tuesday, October 10, 4:15 p.m. - Check it out!  We got seats!  They are filling in the seats in the south end of the stadium (see nifty arrow).  And, boy, has the weather turned.  It's your typical Seattle day.  Gray and chilly. My favorite weather - seriously.  Gotta go get ready for THE game.
101100.jpg (69220 bytes)Wednesday, October 11, 1:30 p.m. - Two of you - Greg and Rikketyrik, noticed in yesterday's photo, that a truck was loaded with the new seats.  So, I just happened to be home at game time, er lunch, and caught yet another truck moving more seats to their new home.  There are several trucks of seats on the other side of the rock pile (off to the left of the photo)... Looks like it is definitely 'seat week' at the new stadium.
101200.jpg (69473 bytes)Thursday, October 12, 4 p.m. - They are slapping those seats in like nobody's business!!  Remember the rusty thingies that used to all be (and some still are) in the lower left hand part of the photo?  Well, they have one set up near the seats now - see circle.  Still no clue what they are for but at least they are using one.  
101300.jpg (66227 bytes)Friday, October 13, 8:30 a.m. - Much news today and it's early because I have a friend coming in from out of town to entertain today and, then, there's the little matter of a baseball game this afternoon.  I was afraid this would be my only daylight opportunity today.  Yesterday, I got my hands on the logo for the new stadium.  I hadn't seen it before and thought maybe you hadn't either.   But, the big news is the rusty thingies.  You regular readers are wonderful.  Ken Eriksen wrote from the other Washington that he though they might be temporary supports for the roof (see logo above).  His note was quickly followed by Sean Watts who said he say on TV that, in fact, they were exactly what Ken suspected.  This morning I woke to notes from Rikketyrik, Craig Paulsen and John Schweers with the same guess.  (Frankly, I still don't see it but clearly, it's obvious!)  And, then John Noakes wrote to say that those rusty thingies have a past!  They were used as part of the temporary work platform used to build the Safeco Field retractable roof.  You guys are the absolute best and I love hearing from you.  Thanks for making these pages so much better than I could do by myself. (As I type this, my site is experiencing some problems with some images - I think the server where they live is temporarily (I hope) down.  Sorry.)
101400.jpg (62242 bytes)Saturday, October 14, 12:15 p.m. - There's some work going on today but doesn't seem to be the full load.   And they've delivered a lot more seats which are mostly stacked up outside of the photo.  They are apparently hard at work on coming up for a name for the new stadium.  The public and private partners in the project have hired a consultant to 'establish a partner for naming rights'.  Bottom line, who's going to pony up the big bucks.  Also, in consideration, apparently is naming of the Exhibition Hall that's just south of the stadium (between it and Safeco Field).  Personally, I think SusanDennis Field has a lovely ring to it.
101500.jpg (62912 bytes)Sunday, October 15, 1:30 p.m. - I can't see any change on site from yesterday and it's still as can be today.  Last week, I was looking for a Kingdome logo to sit next to the stadium one and discovered that while six months ago, the logo was everywhere... it's no where to be found now. I used every search engine I could find and could not turn up anything.   Kind of sad.   If anyone happens across one, would you let me know where it is so I can snag it for posterity?  
101600.jpg (69731 bytes)Monday, October 16, 4 p.m. - Today is the kind of day that people who have only heard about Seattle think we have every day.  Rainy.  They are hard at work, however on the site.  They filled in - with concrete - one of the bottom sections of the seats (see circle) and the western wall - most of which is out of the photo - is taking shape.
101700.jpg (64835 bytes)Tuesday, October 17, 4 p.m. - Today's red circle comes to you courtesy of Tony Hentges.  On the way to work this morning he noticed they had put up some metal of some kind around the southeast tower and he sent me an email alert!  You can't see it too well in the photo but it's two kind of ring things that look like working platforms.  Must be the start of the eastern half of the roof truss.  
 
101800.jpg (69769 bytes)Wednesday, October 18, 4 p.m. - Well, the story today is seats.  There are more in place and many, many more by the rock pile getting ready and even some on the truck on the way (see arrow).  I get the feeling that there's some seat riser shop somewhere just dancing with joy over the big accounts receivable and the voluminous storage room they now have!
101900.jpg (70144 bytes)Thursday, October 19, 4 p.m. - Well, they put in all the seats they have and there are a whole lot of blank spaces and no more seats on the site... Wonder if that seat store ran out?!  
102000.jpg (75306 bytes)Friday, October 20, 4 p.m. - A circle, an arrow and a report from the other side... It's a big day.  The northwest tower got a new ring of metal today. Preparation for the roof truss??!!  The arrow points to the seats on the far south side.  I can't tell for sure, but it looks like they are covered with plastic.  It's been raining a lot so I suspect it's protection from the rain but what are they protecting? What have they done to those seats?  The seats on the east side apparently don't need protecting.  But, the big news comes from Tony Hentges, my new Roving Reporter.  Tony says he drives by the east side of the construction site a couple of times a week and sees stuff that I can't see from here.  Today he reports that it looks like they are testing paint!  Here's exactly what he said:  "They have painted 3 to 4 10x10 sections with different shades of red...I believe they are painting most of the exposed cement surfaces with a brick-like color to help the stadium blend into the neighborhood better.  I can't help but assume they are testing the look of various colors to see what looks the best. "
102100.jpg (230241 bytes)Saturday, October 21, 1:45 p.m. - Before you click on the picture, warning:  it's a big one.  Generally, I take the shot and then reduce it by half.  But, yesterday Rikketyrik wrote and asked that I post a 'big one' again.  As it turned out it's the first non-gray day we've had in some time so a perfect day for a big shot.  If you are on a slow connection, it may take a while, for the whole thing to load in, but it's pretty cool and worth the wait.  There is a lot of activity going on - cranes moving around, cement trucks moving and spinning and guys working on top of nearly all the surfaces.  A bee hive.
102200.jpg (65261 bytes)Sunday, October 22, 1:30 p.m. - Not much action today at all.  Rikketyrik discovered that the First and Goal site has added some new photos.  Some of them are really interesting.  But, what I like the best is what they call that little piece of roof they installed on the southeast (and southwest) towers a couple of months ago... they call it a lump!  Seriously.  This cracks me up.
102300.jpg (70813 bytes)Monday, October 23, 4:15 p.m. - There was a whole lot of work going on today.  But, I can't really point my finger (or the famous arrow) at any particular new thing.  I am a bit astounded that we are nearly done with October.  This time next week, I'm going to have to start taking the photos at lunch to make sure I get daylight.
102400.jpg (67504 bytes)Tuesday, October 24, 4:15 p.m. - Some more seats were delivered today but I can't see where any more were installed yet.  They are pouring concrete (see green crane) at the far north edge.  Otherwise, it appears to be just general work stuff.
102500.jpg (66667 bytes)Wednesday, October 25, 4 p.m. - Well, we're absolutely back in the seat business today. They installed some more and there are way more than a handful of trucks with seats on them scattered around the site waiting to be put into their places.  
102600.jpg (66360 bytes)Thursday, October 26, 4:15 p.m. - More seats... but, I should be more specific.  Of course, these aren't the real seats but the seats for the real seats.  (Work with me here.)  Tony Hentges found a press release about the real seats on Paul Allen's website.  I was taking a good look at the site today trying to visualize what it will look like a year from now.  I can't quite get there yet.  
102700.jpg (73130 bytes)Friday, October 27, 4:30 p.m. - Hey, big news on the northwest tower!  They added the next layer between yesterday's photo and today's.  On Channel 4 last night, they had a story about the seats.  And, there was a story in today's Seattle Times but they seem to be having terrible access problems and I can't even get to them right now.  But, they story they ran said that the seats were just like the ones used in the Sydney Olympics except with bigger cup holders.  They noted that Seahawks fans don't necessarily drink from bigger cups but bigger holders give them better advertising real estate!
102800.jpg (68274 bytes)Saturday, October 28, 3 p.m. - It's a very cold and blistery day out there today and not a lot of people on the site but there is something going on that's creating a lot of noise.  I just can't pinpoint what it is.  Sean Watts noticed in yesterday's photo that the northwest wall got a new section added to the top of it.  I circled it in today's photo.
102900.jpg (70487 bytes)Sunday, October 29, 12:30  p.m. - I drove by the stadium today and got a better look at those south end seats and they are all covered in plastic.  Just the ones on the south end, none of the others. Quite curious.  But, then I got home and took the picture and went to circle said seats only to realize that they are no longer in my view!!  That northern wall has blocked them out.  This is not good.  Now I guess I'll need to get a Superman camera that can see through walls.
103000.jpg (71092 bytes)Monday, October 30, 2:30 p.m. - The time listed on these entries is the time that I took the photograph.  It has been generally, also, the time I post the entry but the end of daylight savings time has put an end to that.  I usually post the entry between 4 and 5 regardless of when the photo was snapped.103000a.jpg (66886 bytes)  Today we have a couple of points of interest and a link... The Seattle Post Intelligencer had an article about soccer in the new stadium this morning - it includes some stadium nuts and bolts.  The photo on the left shows what they did to the northwest tower today.  But, the photo on the right is the big news.  They moved so much of the big rock pile today that I can now see the Turner Construction buildings again.  They haven't been visible from my terrace since last April.  They had a huge chain of trucks moving those rocks out at a good clip this afternoon.
103100.jpg (59561 bytes)Tuesday, October 31, 4:15 p.m. - I came home at lunch to take a photo and it was dark and dreary and the photo was the same.  But, when I got home from work, it was beautiful out and I got an even better photo - check out that beautiful sky!  My roving reporter says that in the south section of seats (the ones that I can't see any more because of the wall) they are starting to install some pretty substantial structural steel (on the south end of the stadium between the southeast and southwest towers).  He says that it appears to be a tier of second level seating and a concourse (probably club seating).  

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