No we didn’t forget about doing a write up on the Comcast Arena at Everett. This is the arena we visited on our recent Vancouver trip to see the Buffalo Bandits play the Washington Stealth.

Everett is a suburb, more like an ex-urb, of Seattle, Washington, located about 20 miles north of the city and right off of I-5. It’s downtown core consists of fashionable shops, bars, some housing, and in the center of it all is the Comcast Arena, an 8500 seat arena which opened in 2003.

The venue is primarily the home of the Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League, and now is also the home of the NLL Steath, who relocated here from San Jose after last season. Various incarnations of arena football teams have also come and departed since the arena opened.

Interesting to note that the Stealth is still very much off of the radar screen here in the Seattle area. Team officials have set the bar at selling out all the games (imagine 8500 fans – in Buffalo that would be a turnstile disaster), their opener drew over 5000, but the game we attended had only about 2500 in the stands. Despite the popularity of the product in our region of the world, this is still a hard sell in markets such as this one.

Comcast Arena is a bright and inviting venue… It’s signature roof mimics that of a suspension bridge, the entry pavilion is modern, and concourses here are wide and airy, with a wide open end zone viewing area complete with wine bar, concession stands and exhibits.

No we did not see the Silvertips play here, but nonetheless we are putting this in the WHL “done” category. Hey we make the rules here at USRT!