Climate Pledge Arena tour! All about sustainability! | Local Lens Seattle

It’s Earth month! 🌍 So I am celebrating and trying to do my part at another Kraken game at Climate Pledge Arena!

I got to meet several people from CPA and learn all about what they are doing at the arena as far as sustainability is concerned.

So why now? April is the Kraken’s first Green Month! The arena is committed to being carbon neutral by 2040💚!

So in honor of celebrating Earth month let’s all try some small acts that can lead to big change.
One way you can start is lowering your water usage. CPA conserves water with the rain to rink system - which collects rain from the roof of Climate Pledge Arena and funnels it to an underground 15,000 gallon cistern. That water is filtered and treated to be used to resurface the ice the Kraken plays on. To date they have utilized over 120,000 gallons of rainwater.✅

The night I visited I got to meet with Climate Pledge Arena Executive Chef Molly DeMers, who talked to me about the different sustainable food 🍽 options at the stadium. I tried several dishes and my favorites were the Bacon Pop-Rock Kraken Potato (featuring pop-rocks; this sounds weird but it was SO good) and the Impossible Chicken Nuggets. These are plant based but honestly, I couldn’t taste the difference. Highly recommend! One nugget of information I found super interesting from Chef DeMers- The food at the arena is purchased as locally as possible. With 75% of all produce from farmers within a 300-mile radius.

After the taste test, I checked out the new warmup jersey the Kraken players were sporting for Green Night. It was designed locally and features eco-friendly imagery. The jerseys were also put up for auction with proceeds benefiting Ota and One Roof Foundation, the Kraken’s charity.

This video is sponsored by Premera Blue Cross.

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[seanpena]

I didn’t know that Climate Pledge Arena used rain water to make the arena ice. I also didn’t know that they used local business for food.
As always great video

[BleachCowboy]

Would have liked more video of what the actual building looks like on the outside, as well as what it looks like on the inside.

[dreamcage]

I’m more of a basketball 🏀 fan and I’m optimistic that the Sonics being revived soon.

[katelandking]

Not really a hockey person but I’m down to check a game out might make me change my mind and with seeing this food omg makes me want to at least give it a try!.

[gabrielcraig]

This was a food tour n people telling us about the arena intead of an actual tour of the arena

[bryanbradley]

what is a minority? is a white blonde hair and blue eyed Muslim a minority is a black Protestant Christian a minority?

depending on what you mean by minority and majority both are majorities and minorities. the white Muslim is a racial minority and a religious minority and the black Protestant Christian is a religious majority and a racial minority.

heck blue eyes and blonde hair is in minority of the population

[bryanbradley]

wouldn't that be discrimination only getting food from minorities and not be repasenting the community? How can you represent a community without representation of the majority?

[jhawkhoopz]

The virtue signaling is at an astounding level these days.