Climate Pledge Arena

Climate Pledge Arena sits inside the Seattle Center, the 74-acre civic campus built for the 1962 World's Fair that still anchors the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood. The Space Needle, Chihuly Garden and Glass, the Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP), and Pacific Science Center are all on the campus within a short walk of the arena — making this one of the most attraction-dense arena districts in any North American city. Lower Queen Anne and Belltown immediately south and east host the densest pre-game bar and restaurant cluster. Pike Place Market and downtown Seattle sit a short Monorail ride or 20-minute walk south. Travelers building a wider day can pair the visit with the Space Needle, MoPOP, the Chihuly Garden, or a Pike Place lunch.

Arrive at least an hour before puck drop or tipoff — the Seattle Center campus fills with overlapping arena, museum, and Space Needle foot traffic, and security screening at the arena can stack up on weekend nights. The Monorail from Westlake Center is the canonical first-time approach for fans staying downtown — it's a short, fun pre-game ride that drops you steps from the arena. The arena's signature design move is the preserved 1962 World's Fair–era roof — the entire building was excavated beneath the original Seattle Center Coliseum roof, which still spans the bowl as the only roof in NHL history to be officially landmarked. The arena is the first net-zero-carbon-certified arena in the world. The Kraken and Storm publish current bag, clear-bag, and entry rules on their respective official sites.

Climate Pledge Arena opened in October 2021 as the rebuilt and renamed successor to KeyArena (which itself sat inside the preserved 1962 Seattle Center Coliseum). The project excavated the bowl down to fit modern NHL and NBA-grade dimensions while preserving the original landmarked roof — the only such roof preservation in NHL history. The naming-rights deal with Amazon's Climate Pledge initiative (a corporate climate-action commitment Amazon co-founded) was structured to support the venue's net-zero-carbon design — making this the first net-zero-carbon-certified arena in the world. The arena is the home of the Seattle Kraken (NHL expansion, debuted 2021) and the Seattle Storm (WNBA, multiple championship franchise that returned to the building after playing at the smaller Alaska Airlines Arena during the rebuild). The Storm have won four WNBA titles (2004, 2010, 2018, 2020) and the Kraken made the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in their second season (2022–23).