The Seattle Mariners like to say that their fans are “True to the Blue,” but the new look and some of the amenities at T-Mobile Park, the team’s newly named hometown stadium, could lead people’s allegiances to take on a magenta hue. T-Mobile, the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier, took over naming rights during the offseason for what had been Safeco Field for 20 years. Next Thursday, fans will enter T-Mobile Park for the first time for the Mariners home opener. GeekWire got an inside look on Wednesday, as workers busily hung new signage, painted, prepped a preview menu and tended… Read More
The Seattle Mariners have a bunch of new faces on the field, a new name on the stadium and an increasingly new way to get tickets to a game as the Major League Baseball franchise is following others in the move to mobile ticket technology. The Mariners announced a mobile-only ticket promotion on Friday called Ballpark Pass. The offering was tested in a limited run last season and this year will allow fans to get standing-room access to all home games at T-Mobile Park for $99 a month. The team is following other Seattle franchises, including the Seahawks and Sounders… Read More
When your team has the longest post-season drought in all of American professional sports, there is little news — short of getting into the playoffs — that will sound like good news. Such was the case for grumbling Seattle Mariners fans on Wednesday as a new name was announced for the ballpark where the team plays its home games. With splashy, magenta-infused artist renderings of the stadium once called Safeco Field, Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier T-Mobile confirmed that it would be taking over the naming rights for the next 25 years down at the intersections of First Avenue South, South… Read More
The Safeco Field signage came down from Seattle’s baseball stadium a week ago, and according to a new report, the T-Mobile name will be up in time for the 2019 season. Forbes reported Thursday that the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier is the new naming rights partner with the Seattle Mariners. The report is based on anonymous sources who spoke on background. A Mariners spokesperson told GeekWire that there is no agreement yet. Safeco Insurance and the Mariners announced in June 2017 that their 20-year naming rights agreement would come to an end after the 2018 season. Forbes reported on a… Read More
Lorena Martin, the first Director of High Performance with the Seattle Mariners, is out after just one season with the Major League Baseball team, and she’s not leaving on friendly terms. In a post on her Instagram account on Monday afternoon, Martin said the Mariners organization “has major issues” and that things she witnessed and heard left her shocked. The Seattle Times first reported the news, saying that MLB sources first mentioned last week that Martin had been fired. In a statement Monday, the Mariners confirmed that Martin was let go on Oct. 10, and called her allegations of racism “outrageous and… Read More
