John Stanton, the Seattle Mariners’ chairman and managing partner, said he wants Safeco Field to be for Seattle what Wrigley Field is for Chicago and the Cubs, what Fenway Park is to Boston and the Red Sox.
“We want this ballpark to be our home for the next 100 years,” Stanton said in a press release.
That will be the case for at least the next 25 of that, with the Washington State Major League Baseball Stadium Public Facilities District (PFD) approving 25-year lease terms for Safeco Field.
The deal, reached jointly with the Mariners, also includes options for two three-year extensions, meaning the partnership could continue until 2049.