Details on Key Arena
The award winning KeyArena at Seattle Center, which opened October 26, 1995, has entertained over 10 million guests as Seattle's premier venue for sports, concerts and family entertainment. The state-of-the-art facility is one of the safest, most advanced and comfortable arenas in the world. Its unique design provides sports and concert fans an intimate entertainment experience with spectacular sightlines and acoustics, uncommon in arenas of similar size. Amenities include convenient concession and merchandise areas and a nearby five-story parking garage for more than 600 vehicles.
Home to Seattleās own SuperSonics, Storm and Thunderbirds, KeyArena at Seattle Center also hosts entertainments most acclaimed talent from music's biggest stars to popular family shows. Since its opening in 1995, KeyArena has hosted over 130 concerts including music's biggest names such as Aerosmith, Jose Carreras, Pearl Jam, Celine Dion, Elton John, Garth Brooks, George Strait and Simon & Garfunkel. We have entertained thousands of families with shows from Disney On Ice, Champions On Ice, WWE, NCAA and the 1995-1996 NBA Finals.
Tickets to all KeyArena events are available at the KeyArena West Box Office located on the West Plaza along 1st Avenue North. The Box Office is open Mon-Sat 10am-6pm. The KeyArena East Box Office is open on event days only, 1 1/2 hours before tip-off-half time for all Sonics and Storm games, 5pm weekdays and 10am weekends-start of third period for all Thunderbirds games, and 2 hours prior to event start time-first 30 minutes of event for all other events. The Space Needle Kiosk on the east-side of the Seattle Center campus sells tickets to all KeyArena events 10am-6pm daily.