SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC TRAINING FIELDS
Date: June 2023–February 2024GET A QUOTE
Description
On the eve of their 50th anniversary, the Seattle Sounders FC commissioned the transformation of a Longacres office into their new headquarters. The process involved converted a parking lot into four training fields, including two grass fields and two synthetic turf fields. Washington Rock Quarries supplied materials to general contractor Venture General Contracting and their subcontractors throughout the construction process.Materials
30,800 Tons of Chamber Rock24,000 Tons of 1-¼" Minus Tailings, Grade 1
9,000 Tons of Permeable Aggregate Base Course
2,900 Tons of Permeable Aggregate Top Course
370 Tons of Cork Sand
300 Tons of 4"–8" Quarry Spalls
270 Tons of E-Layer Stone
270 Tons of 2"–4" Quarry Spalls
60 Tons of CSTC
60 Tons of Light Loose Riprap
30 Tons of Washed Utility Sand
Highlights
Washington Rock Quarries has decades of experience creating specialty products for both natural grass and synthetic turf fields. Our products were used in all stages of the parking lot-to-field conversion process, from the chamber rock used in the drainage systems to the infill sand used on top of the turf fields. Over 65,000 tons of our products were used on the project.Check out the Seattle Sounders videos about the construction process and the final walkthrough of the new facilities.
Aerial photography by Tim Rice.