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Arts, Culture and Entertainment
- At least 63 national television shows, motion pictures and documentaries were either filmed in Seattle or filmed earlier and released.
- At Center City Seattle’s top 10 performance venues, 2,012,000 patrons enjoyed 3,084 dance, music and theatrical performances.
- Center City Seattle enjoyed 58 festivals.
- At least 67 major music concerts were held in Center City.
- Over 2.6 million guests visited Center City’s seven museum spaces.
- About sixty percent of those who attended a Seattle sporting event were at a Mariners game.
| Existing Entertainment/Cultural Facilities |
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| Museums/Aquarium |
7 |
| Art Galleries (Retail) |
51 |
| Dinner Theatres/Comedy Clubs |
3 |
| Live Music Clubs |
52 |
| Movie Theatres (32 screens) |
6 |
| Performing Arts Theatres |
7 |
| Performance Venues |
9 |
| Professional Sports Facilities |
3 |
| Total |
138 |
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| Top Downtown Attraction (2007) |
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| Pike Place Market |
10,000,000 |
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Other Top Downtown Venues (General)
- Annual Attendance, 2006-2007 fiscal year |
| Space Needle |
1,300,000 |
| Pacific Science Center |
1,023,942 |
| Seattle Aquarium |
693,852 |
| Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum |
510,724 |
| Olympic Sculpture Park |
500,000 |
| Children’s Museum |
220,000 |
| Seattle Art Museum |
186,632 |
| Odyssey, The Martime Discovery Center |
39,786 |
| Total |
4,474,936
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Top Downtown Venues (Performance)
- Annual Attendance, 2006-2007 Seasons |
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Seats |
Performances |
Attendance |
| Benaroya Hall - 2 performance halls |
3,040 |
615 |
415,000 |
| Fifth Avenue Theatre |
2,115 |
195 |
298,479 |
| Paramount Theatre |
2,800 |
279 |
291,774 |
| Pacific Northwest Ballet (Seattle Center) |
2,950 |
21 |
241,268 |
| Seattle Children’s Theatre (Seattle Center) |
765 |
588 |
181,112 |
| A Contemporary Theatre (ACT) - 4 stages |
1,058 |
542 |
142,963 |
| Moore Theatre |
1,400 |
242 |
126,317 |
| Seattle Repertory Theatre (Seattle Center) |
856 |
325 |
121,000 |
| Seattle Opera (Seattle Center) |
3,017 |
45 |
113,867 |
| Intiman Playhouse (Seattle Center) |
446 |
232 |
80,220 |
| Unexpected Productions |
235 |
300 |
15,200 |
| Total |
17,826 |
3,384 |
2,027,200 |
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| Sports Venues: Annual counts 2006-2007 Season |
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Seats |
Home Games |
Attendance |
| Seattle Mariners (Safeco Field) |
47,477 |
81 |
2,480,717 |
| Seattle Seahawks (Qwest Field) |
67,000 |
11 |
746,220 |
| Seattle Supersonics (Key Arena) |
17,072 |
41 |
654,163 |
| Seattle Thunderbirds (Key Arena) |
6,324 |
41 |
150,000 |
| Seattle Storm (Key Arena)
|
9,000 |
17 |
145,142 |
| Total |
146,873 |
191 |
4,176,242 |
Source: Attendance numbers for each venue are self-reported
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