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 Sicks
Stadium
Seattle, WA
Home of the Seattle Pilots for one year Sicks
Stadium opened in 1935. Originally, the stadium was built for the
Seattle Rainers of the Pacific Coast League. The steel and concrete
structure opened on June 15, 1938 and was named after the Rainers’
owner Emil Sick. Sicks Stadium had a capacity of around 12,000 and minor league baseball was played at Sicks Stadium until the early 1960s. In 1967, MLB awarded
Seattle a baseball team. As part of the agreement in getting a team, within three years a new dome
stadium had to be built. Until a new stadium could be built, Sicks
Stadium was used. Before the season started the capacity was
increased to 25,000. Because of bad working conditions only 6,000
seats were added before the stadium opened. Opening day for the
Seattle Pilots was on April 11, 1969. When some fans arrived at the
park that day, their seats had yet been installed. Conditions at Sicks Stadium became worse throughout the year. Visiting players
showered at their hotels due to low water pressure and when
attendance exceeded 10,000, the toilets stopped flushing. The last
Pilots game at Sicks Stadium was on October 2, 1969. Because of the
bad conditions at Sicks Stadium and financial problems the team
was sold to Bud Selig of Milwaukee. He moved the team to County
Stadium in Milwaukee for the 1970 season. The Seattle Pilots
were renamed the Milwaukee Brewers. After the Pilots left, Sicks
Stadium was used as a minor league ballpark until 1976. In 1979,
Sicks Stadium was demolished. However, MLB returned to Seattle when
MLB awarded the city another team, the Mariners. They began
playing at the
Kingdome in 1977.
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