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| Location | 1301 South Fair Avenue Yakima, Washington, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 46°35′21″N 120°29′12″W / 46.58917°N 120.48667°W |
| Capacity | Basketball: 6,159 Boxing: 7,373 Concerts: 7,929–8,300 Rodeo: 4,870 |
| Opened | January 16, 1990 |
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| Yakima SunKings (CBA/TBL) (1990–2008, 2018–2019) Yakima Shockwave (NIFL) (2001) Yakima Valley Warriors (AIFA) (2010) Yakima Canines (AWFC) (2021) | |
The Yakima Valley SunDome is a 6,195-seat multi-purpose arena in Yakima, Washington, United States. Located on the Central Washington State Fairgrounds, it hosts sporting events, ice shows, horse shows, circuses, boxing and concerts, as well as trade shows and conventions. The stadium opened on January 16, 1990, and cost $14.8 million to construct.[1] The building was designed by architecture firm Loofburrow & Associates.[2]
The building features a 90-foot (27 m) dome and was the second in the world to use a concrete sectional roof design (24 segments), the first being Seattle's Kingdome.[3] It has 56,000 square feet (5,200 m2) of space and can accommodate two basketball courts laid end-to-end.[1] The SunDome initially had 5,200 permanent seats with expanded capacity of up to 8,000 for concerts.[3][4]
- ^ a b Geranios, Nicholas K. (January 16, 1990). "State's newest domed stadium opens in Yakima". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. pp. A3–A4. Retrieved May 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Yakima Valley SunDome, Yakima, WA". Pacific Coast Architecture Database. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
- ^ a b Knutson, Kathleen (January 25, 1990). "SunDome vs. coliseum: Rivalry on I-82 corridor". Tri-City Herald. pp. A1–A2. Retrieved May 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "SunDome adding 2,000 seats". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. July 6, 2002. p. C7.