Sporting Events
Seattle has been host to number of important sporting events, the NFL Pro Bowl in 1977, the MLB All-Star Game in 1979 and 2001, the 1974 NBA All-Star Game and 1987 NBA All-Star Game, The Goodwill Games in 1990 and the NCAA Final Four in 1984, 1989 and 1995.
In 1998, the Seattle City council failed to pass a resolution that would have allowed Seattle to be considered for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
The Seattle Marathon has taken place annually since 1970.
In football (soccer), the "All Nations Cup" is held every year.
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Famous quotes containing the words sporting and/or events:
“I once heard of a murderer who propped his two victims up against a chess board in sporting attitudes and was able to get as far as Seattle before his crime was discovered.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
“When the course of events shall have removed you to distant scenes of action where laurels not nurtured with the blood of my country may be gathered, I shall urge sincere prayers for your obtaining every honor and preferment which may gladden the heart of a soldier.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)