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Lumen Field is located in the SoDo neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, within one mile of downtown. It is the home field of the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL, Seattle Sounders FC of MLS, and Seattle Reign FC of the NWSL.
Lumen Field has a seating capacity of 68,740 for NFL games and 37,722 for most MLS matches. The maximum capacity for special events is 72,000.
Lumen Field was funded through a public-private partnership created after a statewide referendum passed on the 17th of June 1997, with 51.1% of votes in favor. The total project budget was $430 million, with public funding capped at $300 million. Construction took place between 2000 and 2002.
The seating decks and partial roof trap and amplify crowd noise, reflecting it back onto the field. Seahawks fans set Guinness World Records for the loudest outdoor stadium crowd in 2013, reaching 136.6 decibels during a single game on the 15th of September 2013.
The Beast Quake was a seismic event recorded by the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network on the 8th of January 2011, caused by crowd noise and movement following a Marshawn Lynch run during a Seahawks playoff game. The network later installed additional sensors for multiple playoff games to study the phenomenon.
Lumen Field has been renamed four times. It opened as Seahawks Stadium, became Qwest Field in June 2004 for $75 million over 15 years, was renamed CenturyLink Field on the 23rd of June 2011 after CenturyLink acquired Qwest, and received its current name on the 19th of November 2020 when CenturyLink rebranded to Lumen Technologies.
Lumen Field is one of sixteen venues hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup, scheduled to hold four group stage matches and two knockout stage matches. During the tournament the stadium will be temporarily renamed Seattle Stadium in accordance with FIFA's policy on corporate sponsored names.