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Location:West James Street and Fifth Avenue North, Kent
Cost: $84.5 million
Size: 153,000 square feet
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Photo courtesy of the city of Kent
ShoWare Center will hold a grand opening from 4 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 2.
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Owner: City of Kent
Owner’s representative: Shiels Obletz Johnsen, Seattle
Architects: LMN Architects, Seattle,
in association with PBK Architects, Vancouver, British Columbia
General contractor: Mortenson, Bellevue
Structural engineer: Magnusson Klemencic
Associates, Seattle
Mechanical engineer: Wood Harbinger, Bellevue
Electrical/acoustical engineer: Sparling, Seattle
Geotechnical engineer: Shannon & Wilson, Seattle
Landscape architect: Site Workshop, Seattle
Electrical/mechanical consultant: Genivar,
Vancouver, British Columbia
Lighting consultant: Candela, Seattle
Code consultant: Flack+Kurtz, Seattle
Cost consultant: Davis Langdon, Seattle
Sustainability consultant: Paladino & Co., Seattle
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Anchor tenant: Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League
Use: Center officials expect to host 110 to 117 events a year, including 40 hockey games
Seating: 6,100 for hockey games, up to 7,800 for concerts; other configurations include basketball, arena football and soccer, rodeo, motocross, trade shows and meetings
Economic impact: City officials project the center will create 138 permanent jobs, generate $43 million in state sales tax over the next 30 years and $600 million in local economic activity
Naming rights: ShoWare, a ticketing service owned by Fresno, Calif.-based VisionOne, agreed to a deal with the city of Kent worth $3.2 million over 10 years
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Photo courtesy of LMN Architects
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