Don’t miss out on Seattle’s epic sports scene. Here’s where to catch a game, root like a local, and shop for gear.
photo by Cody Ulrich; styling by Joanne Plana-Anderson; models: Joe Cabotaje and Katheryn Grice
Basketball
Team: Seattle Storm (*storm.wnba.com) / Won: 2020, 2018, 2010, and 2004 WNBA Championships / Watch Live: temporarily at Alaska Airlines Arena (3870 Montlake Blvd NE) at the University of Washington until Climate Pledge Arena is available. (*305 Harrison St), May through September
Football
Team: Seahawks (*seahawks.com) / Won: 2014 Super Bowl / Watch Live: Lumen Field (*800 Occidental Ave S), September through December
Baseball
Team: Seattle Mariners (*mariners.com) / Won: Seeking first playoff berth since 2001 / Watch Live: T-Mobile Park (1250 First Ave S), April through October
Soccer
Teams: Sounders FC (*soundersfc.com) and OL Reign (olreign.com) / Won: 2019 and 2016 MLS Cup (Sounders) and 2014 and 2015 NWSL Shield (Reign) / Watch Live: Lumen Field, March through October, and Memorial Stadium (*401 Fifth Ave N), April through September
GEAR SHOPS
The Pro Shop (800 Occidental Ave S) at CenturyLink Field stocks all the team-themed Seahawks and Sounders swag you can imagine. Seattle Team Shop (multiple locations; seattleteams.com/stores) carries licensed merchandise for the city’s pro and college teams.
SPORTS BARS
The Hawks Nest (1028 First Ave S) has TVs, draft beers, and Seahawks murals aplenty. Sluggers (538 First Ave S; sluggersseattle.com) boasts two levels and a lively sports crowd. Quality Athletics (*121 S King St; qualityathletics.com) doles out elevated pub food and craft beers, including a Seahawks Sunday Brunch on home game days. Greenwood’s The Angry Beaver (8412 Greenwood Ave N) is hockey heaven, with multiple flatscreens, Canadian beers, and even poutine.
36 HOCKEY GAMES
The Seattle Thunderbirds (seattlethunderbirds.com) 2017 champions of the Western Hockey League, take to the ice at ShoWare Center (625 W James St, Kent) from September through March.
In addition, the highly-anticipated Seattle Kraken (nhl.com/kraken) are set to take the ice for the 2021 season in the newly built Climate Pledge Arena (305 Harrison St).
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