Seattle SuperSonics Basketball

The Seattle SuperSonics joined the NBA for the 1967-68 season, and have played at the Seattle Center through most of that span. Since 1995-96, the Sonics have played at the 17,072-seat Key Arena, a renovated version of the original Seattle Center Coliseum.

The Sonics have been one of the NBA's most successful teams over their history. In 1978-79, they claimed their first NBA Championship over the Washington Bullets, to whom they had lost in the NBA Finals the previous season. 

Since joining the NBA for the 1967-68 season, the Sonics have had many highlights in their history, including consecutive trips to the NBA Finals in 1978 and 1979 (culminating the second time in their first NBA Championship), four division titles in five years in the 1990s and a return to the 1996 NBA Finals, and 2004-05's Northwest Division Championship.

Directions From Interstate 5 to the Key Arena Seattle:

Take the Mercer Street exit from I-5 and follow the brown-and-white visitor's signs to the Seattle Center. KeyArena is located on the northwest corner of the grounds with street access along First Avenue North and cross streets Thomas and Republican.

Public parking is available along First Avenue and Fifth Avenue North, Mercer Street, and throughout lower Queen Anne. If you are staying downtown, you can catch the Seattle Center Monorail that leaves Seattle Westlake Center Downtown (Pine Street between 4th and 5th) every 10 minutes.

The Will Call window is located at the East Box Office facing the International Fountain and Center House and opens 90 minutes before tipoff.

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