Mariners’ Stadium Plan Advances

Tue., Sept. 10, 1996

A site once proposed for a professional basketball complex was given final approval Monday as the place to build a baseball stadium for the Mariners.

The so-called Ackerley site was approved as expected on a 6-0 vote by the Washington State Major League Baseball Stadium Public Facilities District board after the state Supreme Court refused to block action by the panel.

“It has the greatest comparative opportunities for building an excellent ballpark,” board member Shelly Yapp said. “Site C requires the fewest compromises for the ballpark, for the Kingdome and for maintaining the character of the neighborhoods around it.”

Playoff ticket sales set

The Mariners will put tickets for possible 1996 postseason games in the Kingdome on sale Sunday at 10 a.m. by telephone only.

Tickets for all 11 possible games at the Kingdome - three in the division series, four each in the A.L. Championship Series and World Series - will be sold in strips for the same seat location in each series, with a limit of four stripes per customer. Costs are $550, $360 or $210. VISA, MasterCard, Discover and American Express credit cards will be accepted.

Phone numbers: (800) 800-3500, (206) 622-HITS and (206) 628-0888.

Refunds for games not played will be automatically credited to the original buyer’s credit card.

Info: (206) 343-4600.

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