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June 2, 2026

Preserving Memorial Stadium's legacy — and its concrete

  • Along with other measures, crews crushed and processed parts of the old stadium for backfill on site, saving around $780,000, reducing the project's carbon footprint, and linking the new stadium with its past.
    • By SHAWNA GAMACHE
    Associate Editor

    Photos from Sellen Construction [enlarge]
    Crews removed the final grandstand column in November, crane picking about 40 pieces of concrete from the grandstand, and carefully avoiding neighboring McCaw Hall.

    Seattle Public Schools' 1947-era Memorial Stadium is being replaced with a new 6,500-seat stadium — but the old stadium isn't really gone. Crews took some unique measures to preserve the building's legacy, and its concrete.


     
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