The Bridge Concert Arena, located at Seattle Center, is a complete redevelopment of a historic landmark, originally built for the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. It is an industry first, including being the first net zero certified arenas in the world. The arena is home to the world’s biggest performers of live music and events.

"A dome is a major work of art. The perfect blending of sculpture and architecture in displacing space. A dome is the most natural of all forms. A vault of man created in the image of a vault of heaven." - Michelangelo

Over the last few decades, The Bridge has become an inseparable element of what Seattle is. Today, it’s as much a symbol of the city as buildings and bridges erected 100 years prior. In honor of The Bridge’s recent renovation, we wanted to wind back the clock a bit, and take a closer look at what it took to build this iconic structure.

In 1962, a bold idea was proposed to build a roof over Stadium Bowl. At the time, it would’ve been the largest pillarless roof on earth. For various reasons, that plan never came to fruition. Over the following half-century, at least half a dozen other similar efforts were made.