What is Kingdome?
[[File:Kingdome across parking lot in 1996.jpg|thumb|View of the outside of Kingdome in 1996]] '''King County Stadium''' (known better as the '''Kingdome''') was a multi-use stadium located in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. The arena used to serve as the home for the [[Seattle Seahawks]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL), the [[Seattle Sounders (1974–1983)|Seattle Sounders]] of the [[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|North American Soccer League]] (NASL), the [[Seattle Mariners]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB), and the [[Seattle SuperSonics]] of the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA). The [[Seattle Pilots]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) began playing in 1969 at [[Sick's Stadium]]. MLB did not think that Sick's Stadium was a proper stadium for a major-league team and when they gave them the team, they said that the team must build a new stadium by 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0m1OAAAAIBAJ&pg=5974,4418905|accessdate=January 4, 2024|title=Seattle OK's ballpark construction at Sicks|publisher=Ellensburg Daily Record}}</ref> The arena was approved by [[King County, Washington|King County]] voters with $40 million in bonds and 62% voting in favor on February 13, 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7633|accessdate=January 5, 2024|title=National Football League awards Seattle a franchise for future Seahawks on December 5, 1974|publisher=HistoryLink}}</ref> The Pilots would not be able to survive until the stadium was built. They were forced to declare bankruptcy and were moved to [[Milwaukee]] to become the [[Milwaukee Brewers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bWcaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2isEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2179,135114|accessdate=January 5, 2024|title=The Pilots|publisher=Milwaukee Journal|archive-date=April 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424191329/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bWcaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2isEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2179,135114|url-status=bot: unkn