The site was previously the location of Dugdale Field, a 1913 ballpark that was the home of the Rainiers' forerunners, the Seattle Indians.

[6] The stadium was constructed five years after a previous ballpark at the location, named Dugdale Field, was destroyed in an arson fire.

The park's rapid deterioration was obvious by the time the Cleveland Indians considered moving to Seattle in the early part of the decade.

When city officials balked at paying for the upgrades necessary to bring Sick's Stadium up to something approaching major league standards, Paul advised Daley against moving to Seattle.

While 15,014 people showed up, those sitting in left field had to wait three innings to take their seats because workers were still putting them together by the time of the first pitch.

However, the paint hadn't dried by the start of a May 6 game, forcing the Pilots to foot numerous cleaning bills.

The last professional baseball game at Sicks' Stadium was played September 1, 1976, when local product George Meyring pitched a 2-0 shutout for the Rainiers over the rival Portland Mavericks.

[24] In boxing, Floyd Patterson knocked out Olympic gold medalist Pete Rademacher in six rounds on August 22, 1957.

[25] Future heavyweight champion Sonny Liston defeated Portland's Eddie Machen in a 12-round decision at Sick's on September 7, 1960.

[26] From 1972 to 1976, a new Seattle Rainiers team, in the short-season Class A Northwest League, played at Sicks' to sparse audiences.

[27] The major leagues returned in 1977 with the expansion Seattle Mariners at the new Kingdome (originally approved by area voters as a condition of getting the Pilots).

[10] Another purchaser was Washington State University in Pullman, which bought bleachers, fencing, and the foul poles in 1979 to construct the new Buck Bailey Field.

[34] Several dozen box seats from Sicks' Stadium were transported to Alaska and installed in Growden Memorial Park in Fairbanks, which hosts collegiate summer baseball.