Just north of downtown Seattle, facing 1st Avenue N, is the Seattle Center, which is a 74-acre campus that is the location of the Key Arena. This structure that is now the Key Arena Seattle used to be called the Coliseum. The Key Arena was under renovation for about a year and a half, from June 1994 to October 1995.
The Seattle Super Sonics is the NBA basketball team that plays at the Key Arena. The Seattle Storm is the WNBA basketball team that plays at the Key Arena as well. The first basketball game to be played here was on November 4, 1995, when the Seattle Super Sonics played against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Seattle Thunderbirds hockey team also call the Key Arena home.
The Key Arena is one of four major sporting venues in Seattle, in addition to the new Safeco Field, which is where the Seattle Mariners play baseball, and Qwest Field, home to the Seattle Seahawks. Both of the two fields are located next to each other, just south of Seattle's Chinatown.
A SuperSonic is the name of a player on the well known basketball team. Over the past 35 seasons, 43 NBA All-Stars have had the honor of being called a SuperSonic, so you are guaranteed to see some incredible players on the basketball court at the Key Arena.
If you live in the area around Washington State or the Seattle area, anyone wanting to see the Seattle Sonics play can save a lot when they become full season ticket holders. Even if Sonics ticket holders can't go to one of the games they have purchased tickets for, they can sell the sports tickets they are not going to use on the website, or they can send the sports tickets via email to family, friends, or co-workers who would like to see a great game played by the incredible athletes in the NBA. One can also trade in unused Sonics tickets in exchange for tickets to other Seattle Sonics games that they wish to attend. The earlier you buy your Sonics tickets the better, since you get seats based on availability. Depending on when you purchased your sports tickets for the season, you can get additional seating or be allowed to switch where you want to sit to see the Seattle Sonics game.
Other perks of purchasing season tickets to the Seattle Super Sonics games are the Lost Ticket replacements, which lets you get a new ticket if the sports tickets you bought are lost or stolen. They also get to go to the Season Ticket holder party, where you can meet the coaches and Super Sonic players.
You can purchase regular season sports tickets, courtside tickets, or the exclusive executive suite tickets, which offer you the option of full catering, a bar with beer, wine, and spirits in your suites, access to the courtside club, four parking passes for each game and a private restroom for your suite.
If you've already decided you want to go to the Key Arena in Seattle, you will find it easy to get to. The Space Needle is located in the same area as the Key Arena, so if you can see the Needle, all you have to do is drive towards it. If you are coming from Interstate 5, you take the Mercer Street exit and follow the visitor signs, which will point you to the Seattle Center and the Key Arena. There is parking on First Avenue, Fifth Avenue, on Mercer Street, and elsewhere around Lower Queen Anne.
The East Box office has a will call window that faces east, towards the international fountain, and it opens at 5:30.
