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Article: Mariners take show outdoors Safeco Field opens with retractable roof in Seattle
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 16, 1999
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After 221/2 seasons of being confined to the artificial light and
sterile atmosphere of the nearby Kingdome, fans of the Seattle
Mariners were welcomed to baseball in the great outdoors Thursday
night.
Safeco Field opened its doors -- and its retractable roof -- much
to the delight of a sold-out crowd of 44,607 as a new era began for a
franchise that had one foot out of the city as recently as four years
ago.
Despite a forecast for showers, Mother Nature cooperated enough to
allow the interleague game between the Mariners and San Diego Padres
to begin with the unique roof opened. Or, as the designers insist,
retracted.
"I didn't think I'd ever see this day," said longtime Mariners ...