Lost venues in Washington
10 former venues documented so far, across 4 cities. Mostly hockey, football, basketball.
10 venues
View on map →Denny Field (Washington)
Denny Field was the University of Washington's football field from 1895 until November 1920, when the team moved to the new Husky Stadium.
Gonzaga Stadium
Gonzaga Stadium was a 10,000-seat football stadium on the Gonzaga University campus, opened in 1922. Gonzaga dropped football after 1941, high school games ended in 1947 and the seating was demolished in 1949.
Kingdome
Seattle's Kingdome housed the Seahawks, Mariners, SuperSonics and Sounders from 1976 until early 2000 and was imploded to clear the site for Lumen Field.
Longacres
Longacres in Renton, Washington, was the Pacific Northwest's leading Thoroughbred track from 1933 until its final race in September 1992. Boeing bought and demolished it for corporate buildings.
Mercer Arena
Seattle's Civic Ice Arena, later Mercer Arena, hosted minor-league and junior hockey from 1927. It closed in 2003 and was demolished in 2017.
Playfair Race Course
Playfair Race Course was Spokane's horse racing track from 1901 until its final races in December 2000. The site is now the Playfair Commerce Park industrial area.
Seattle Ice Arena
The Seattle Ice Arena in downtown Seattle was home of the Seattle Metropolitans, the first American team to win the Stanley Cup, in 1917. It closed in 1924 and was demolished in 1963.
Sick's Stadium
Sick's Stadium was a Rainier Valley ballpark built by brewer Emil Sick for his PCL Rainiers in 1938 and pressed into service as the one-season major league home of the 1969 Seattle Pilots.
Spokane Coliseum
Spokane Coliseum was the city's arena from 1954 to 1995, home to Gonzaga basketball for a time and WHL hockey. It was demolished in 1995 when the Veterans Memorial Arena opened.
Tacoma Speedway
Tacoma Speedway was a dirt and later board racetrack in present-day Lakewood, Washington, that drew top AAA drivers from 1912 to 1922. Its grounds became an airport and later Clover Park Technical College.