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Arts, Culture, Sports and Entertainment
- Pike Place Market is Center City’s top attraction, drawing 10 million visitors in 2008.
- Center City performance venues attracted more than 2 million attendees during the 2008-2009 season.
- Seattle Mariners baseball fans made up about two-thirds of the overall Seattle sporting event attendance during the 2008-09.
- The City of Seattle issued more than 299 film permits, including 11 for feature films in 2009.
- Center City Seattle was home to at least 70 festivals in 2009.
- Hundreds of music concerts are held in Center City each year.
- More than 3.4 million guests visited Center City’s museums during the 2008-2009 fiscal year.
| Existing Entertainment/Cultural Facilities |
| Center City is home to more than 312 facilities related to arts, entertainment and culture including: |
| Facility Type |
Facilities |
| Art galleries |
133 |
| Bars (including live music venues) |
100 |
| Movie theaters |
6 |
| Museums |
15 |
| Sports facilities |
4 |
Other venues (includes theatres, adult entertainment and conference venues)
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54 |
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| Top Center City Attractions: |
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| Venue |
Attendance |
| Pike Place Market |
10,000,000 |
| Seattle Mariners |
2,195,533 |
| Space Needle |
1,300,000 |
| Pacific Science Center |
907,373 |
| Seattle Aquarium |
815,177 |
| Seattle Theatre Group (Moore + Paramount) |
645,887 |
| Seattle Seahawks |
539,141 |
| Olympic Sculpture Park |
510,024 |
| EMP and the Science Fiction Museum |
483,151 |
| Seattle Sounders FC |
464,145 |
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| Sources: Annual attendance self-reported by venue for most recent fiscal year |
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Other Top Downtown Venues (General)
- Annual Attendance*, 2008/2008-2009 fiscal year
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| Venue |
Attendance |
| Space Needle |
1,300,000 |
| Pacific Science Center |
907,373
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| Seattle Aquarium |
815,177 |
| Olympic Sculpture Park |
510,024
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| Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum |
483,151
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| Seattle Art Museum |
374,856
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| Seattle Children’s Museum |
240,000
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| Frye Art Museum |
75,000 |
| Odyssey, The Maritime Discovery Center |
34,191
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| Total |
4,705,581
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Top Downtown Venues (Performance)
- Annual Attendance*, 2008-2009 Season |
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Seats |
Performances |
Attendance |
| Seattle Theatre Group |
4,200 |
408 |
645,887 |
| Benaroya Hall - 2 performance halls |
3,040 |
661 |
453,698
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| 5th Avenue Theatre |
2,115 |
200 |
321,386 |
| Pacific Northwest Ballet (Seattle Center) |
2,950 |
97 |
177,796
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| Seattle Children’s Theatre (Seattle Center) |
765 |
621 |
149,143
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| Seattle Repertory Theatre (Seattle Center) |
856 |
370 |
133,092
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| Seattle Opera (Seattle Center) |
3,017 |
46 |
111,667 |
| A Contemporary Theatre (ACT) |
1,058 |
378 |
111,620
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| Intiman Playhouse (Seattle Center) |
446 |
225 |
91,710
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| Total |
18,447 |
3,006 |
2,195,999
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| Sports Venues: Annual Attendance* 2008/ 2008-2009 Season |
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Seats |
Home Games |
Attendance |
| Seattle Mariners (Safeco Field) |
47,477 |
81 |
2,195,533
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| Seattle Seahawks (Qwest Field) |
67,000 |
8 |
539,141
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| Seattle Sounders (Qwest Field) |
32,500+ |
15 |
464,145 |
| Seattle Storm (Key Arena)
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9,000 |
17 |
133,858 |
| Total |
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121 |
3,332,677 |
*Sources: Individual teams and venues self reported home games and attendance numbers.
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