The esports world descended on Seattle this past weekend for this year’s International, the final tournament on the professional circuit for Valve Software’s popular multiplayer online battle arena Dota 2.… Read More
Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena is the first in the world to receive Zero Carbon certification from an international nonprofit promoting sustainable buildings. The 800,000-square-foot arena has a maximum capacity of… Read More
Three weeks after the Seattle band Who Is She? played during intermission of a Seattle Kraken game at Climate Pledge Arena — and was asked not to play again — the… Read More
Standing in the Amazon Music Lounge at Climate Pledge Arena on Tuesday, tour guide Joe Vella asked Alexa to play some suitable musical for visitors. Amazon’s voice assistant powered up… Read More
A Seattle punk-pop group that played this week as the “house band” between periods at a Seattle Kraken game at Climate Pledge Arena won’t be playing again this weekend as… Read More
Climate Pledge Arena is quickly becoming all-hands on deck as the Amazon One palm scanning method of payment is spreading to more concession areas inside the Seattle sports and entertainment… Read More
“Put your hands in the air, wave ’em like you just don’t care!” someone said, somewhere, once. But musicians and human rights groups do care and are speaking up about… Read More
Climate Pledge Arena doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. But Seattle Kraken fans we spoke with on Saturday seemed indifferent or in some cases excited that the name of their… Read More
Grabbing a bite or a drink at a Seattle sporting event without waiting in line is now a reality. Amazon’s cashierless technology made its debut this week inside the new… Read More
“Seattle, we did it!” Seattle Kraken CEO Tod Leiweke welcomed the first packed house for a hockey game at Seattle’s new Climate Pledge Arena on Saturday by marking the achievement… Read More
This is not the Coliseum that was constructed here almost 60 years ago, or the KeyArena where fans last saw the Sonics play in 2008. Seattle has a reimagined sports… Read More
Just before the puck drops on the inaugural season of Seattle Kraken hockey on Tuesday night, the team and its home base, Climate Pledge Arena, have dropped a new app… Read More
When it comes to sports data, most people think about RBIs, third-down conversions or shots on goal — but Kendall Tyson, the Seattle Kraken hockey team’s vice president for strategy… Read More
Amazon may have skipped putting its name on the outside of the renovated stadium where the Seattle Kraken will begin NHL play next month, but the company is bringing its… Read More
Seattle’s professional hockey team finally has a name — and it’s time to get Kraken. In a much-hyped branding reveal on Thursday morning from the construction site where a new… Read More
A certain Muppet once told us it’s not easy being green. It’s not easy to get the approval of Greenpeace either, apparently, as the environmental organization slammed Amazon and Jeff… Read More
Seattle doesn’t have a name for its professional hockey team yet, but the building where the franchise will play took on a surprising moniker on Thursday. And since Amazon will… Read More