Memorial Stadium, Stadium at Seattle Center, United States

Memorial Stadium is a concrete stadium at the northeast corner of Seattle Center, owned by Seattle Public Schools. Its flat overhanging roof is held up by columns above tiered seating in green, yellow, blue and red blocks, with a green artificial turf field marked by white and yellow lines and a white goal frame. A tall white tower rises above the roof on the right.

This stadium opened in 1947 on the grounds of a former civic field as a memorial to local students lost during World War II. It was built to honor their memory with a space for the school community to gather.

A memorial wall at the east end lists the names of 762 Seattle Public Schools students killed in World War II; it was dedicated in 1951. The stadium also hosted five weeks of Billy Graham sermons in 1951 and a speech during the 1999 WTO protests.

The stadium occupies the northeast corner of the Seattle Center grounds, owned by the Seattle School District rather than the Center itself. Access depends on the event: school games, adult leagues and concerts each set their own entry rules, so confirm arrangements before travelling. The site closed in 2024, with use ending in 2025.

In 1967 this became the first high school stadium in the country to install artificial turf, a groundbreaking choice at the time. This innovation eventually influenced how other schools across the nation maintained their fields.