Seattle Seahawks
The first residency of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks at Husky Stadium was due to repairs to the interior ceiling of the Kingdome in the summer of 1994. The second residency (2000-01) was because of the demolition of the Kingdome in March 2000. The Seahawks' new stadium (now CenturyLink Field) would take over two years to complete, and was built in the Kingdome's footprint.
In order to evaluate its suitability for use in the NFL, Seahawks' owner Paul Allen paid to install a FieldTurf surface at Husky Stadium in the summer of 2000. Visiting players were so impressed with the surface at Husky Stadium that it was rated as the best non-grass field in the NCAA, and rated higher than many of the grass fields. Originally, natural grass was to be installed in the new NFL stadium, but the Seahawks' management and players were so impressed by the performance of FieldTurf that it became the original playing surface at CenturyLink Field in 2002.
Husky Stadium is the northernmost facility ever to serve as a regular home field in the NFL (Wembley Stadium in London has hosted one regular-season game in London per season since 2007, with one participant as a designated "Home" team).
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