The site is bounded by Interstate 405 to the east, Lake Washington to the west, residential properties to the north and open land area to the south.

The Eastside Rail Corridor trail runs adjacent to the facility, and connects the area with north Renton and Factoria in Bellevue.

Seahawks owner Paul Allen purchased the land in 2000 through his company Vulcan Real Estate, with approval from the City of Renton and the state Department of Ecology.

[2] The summer training camps were held across the state at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, southwest of Spokane.

The 200,000-square-foot (18,600 m2) waterfront facility, second-largest in the NFL, would be located within the northern city limits of Renton and opened in the summer of 2008.