Hockey players will skate on frozen rainwater, the Zambonis are electric, and the cutlery is bamboo — Seattle’s new Climate Pledge Arena is hardly subtle with its message.
Walk through the south entrance and visitors will see a one-story digital waterfall pouring through a forested scene above the atrium escalators. Some 8,500 plants from 24 species are displayed on a “living wall” along the new arena’s west concourse . Hockey players will skate on rainwater drained from the roof, filtered and then frozen to create the playing surface .
On Wednesday, machinery purred and paintbrushes swished against the carpentry as workers put the finishing touches on the building, which is set to host the Seattle Kraken’s first home NHL game Saturday night. Kitchen equipment like fryers, held in port due to the global shipping crisis, still awaited installation.
Rob Johnson, the vice president of sustainability and transportation for the Seattle Kraken and Climate Pledge Arena, will be in charge of calculating the cost – in carbon emissions – of attending concerts, Seattle Kraken hockey games and Seattle Storm basketball games. After calculating the cost of travel, food and merchandise among fans, Johnson will purchase carbon offsets in an attempt to balance the arena’s climate impact.
One complication: The roof, designated as a historical landmark, had to stay. Whoever took on the project would need to preserve 44 million pounds of sloping concrete and steel. And to accommodate modern professional sports, the relatively small arena would have to grow. New arena construction is among the most carbon intensive building projects, said Kate Simonen, a professor and chair of the department of architecture at the University of Washington, who was not involved in the project.
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