Kingdome History Month: 11 years of payments left

The Dome was reduced to dust six years ago this month, but as Danny Westneat points out in today's Times, we'll be paying off bonds for over a decade. What a waste!

His piece, which is mainly about the current Sonics stadium demands, brings to mind just what a good value the Kingdome was. At its peak, all three local professional teams played inside the Kingdome, that elegant stadium from a more civilized age.