A Sporting News column in the early 1980s ranked the Major League Baseball home stadiums. The writer gave his grade and a brief description of the ballpark.

Seattle’s Kingdome - came in near the bottom.

The columnist compared the Mariners' home to a dark and dreary indoor parking garage. While he may not have liked it, I believe there was no better home-field advantage than the incredibly loud Kingdome. It was so deafening that opposing quarterbacks struggled to call plays in the huddle. At one point, the NFL even penalized the Seahawks for noise deemed "too loud." loading...

The Seahawks maintain a strong home-field advantage at Lumen Field. Paul Allen noted that the design of the upper-deck roofs amplifies crowd noise by funneling it down onto the field.

The first time I rememb

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