SEATTLE — After nearly eight decades of hosting high school football games and graduations, Seattle's Memorial Stadium is in its final weeks of demolition, making way for a $150 million multipurpose venue scheduled to open by fall 2027.

Crews are dismantling the grandstands at the Seattle Center site. Project leaders say the work represents not just a teardown but a fundamental transformation of the historic property. The demolition includes removing barriers that long isolated the stadium from the surrounding area.

"The old building rose three or four stories tall, had lots of small concrete walls that had barbwire on the top of them," said Rob Johnson, senior vice president of sustainability for the Seattle Kraken and Climate Pledge Arena.

The removal of the walls is opening up expans

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