© 2025 Western New York Public Broadcasting Association

140 Lower Terrace
Buffalo, NY 14202

Toronto Address:
130 Queens Quay E.
Suite 903
Toronto, ON M5A 0P6


Mailing Address:
Horizons Plaza P.O. Box 1263
Buffalo, NY 14240-1263

Buffalo Toronto Public Media | Phone 716-845-7000
BTPM NPR Newsroom | Phone: 716-845-7040
Differing shades of blue wavering throughout the image
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Step inside Climate Pledge Arena — which backers say is the world's greenest sports arena

Most big sports arenas use lots of fossil fuel to heat and cool the space. They’re energy hogs. But backers of the rebuilt Key Arena in Seattle say it will be the greenest in the world.

The NHL’s Seattle Kracken will play their first home game of the new season at the new Climate Pledge Arena on Saturday. The WNBA’s Seattle Storm will play there as well next season.

KUOW’s Joshua McNichols reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.