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Seattle is a coastal seaport city and the seat of King County, in the U.S. state of Washington. With an estimated 634,535 residents as of 2012, Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region.
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The Seattle Space Needle
The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, a landmark of the Pacific Northwest, and a symbol of Seattle. Built in the Seattle Center for the 1962 World's Fair, which drew over 2.3 million visitors, nearly 20,000 people a day used its elevators.
Once the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River, it is 605 ft (184 m) high, 138 ft (42 m) wide, and weighs 9,550 tons. It is built to withstand winds of up to 200 miles per hour (89 m/s) and earthquakes of up to 9.1 magnitude, as strong as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake. It also has 25 lightning rods.
It has an observation deck at 520 ft (160 m) and a gift shop with the rotating SkyCity restaurant at 500 ft (150 m). From the top of the Needle, one can see not only the downtown Seattle skyline but also the Olympic and Cascade Mountains, Mount Rainier, Mount Baker, Elliott Bay, and surrounding islands. Photographs of the Seattle skyline often show the Space Needle prominently, above the rest of the skyscrapers and Mount Rainier.
Visitors can reach the top of the Space Needle by elevators that travel at 10 miles per hour (4.5 m/s). The trip takes 41 seconds, and some tourists wait in hour-long lines. On windy days, the elevators slow to 5 miles per hour (2.2 m/s). On April 19, 1999, the city's Landmarks Preservation Board designated it a historic landmark.
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The Seattle Center was the site of the 1962 World's Fair. It is home to Seattle's most famous icon, The Space Needle.
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Seattle's historic Pike Place Market is the longest continuously operating public market in the United States. It is referred to by many as the "soul of Seattle". This is where you will find the famous fish store with the flying fish, Rachel the Brass Pig, many colorful shops, restaurants and people.
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Fishermens Terminal is home to the Pacific Northwest commercial fishing fleet and serves more than 600 vessels.
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On February 2, 2014, the Seahawks played in Super Bowl XLVIII against the Denver Broncos, pitting the league's #1 defense against the #1 offense. After kicking off to start the first half, the Seahawks immediately benefitted from a miscue by the Broncos when the first snap of the game went over the head of Broncos QB Peyton Manning, which went into the endzone for a safety. Seattle would add two field goals in the first quarter to take an 8-0 lead. After Kam Chancellor intercepted a pass by Manning on the following drive, the Seahawks drove the ball 37 yards capped off by a 1-yard touchdown run by RB Marshawn Lynch to run the score up to 15-0. On the very next drive, Manning was picked off yet again by LB Malcolm Smith, who returned the interception 69 yards for a touchdown, blowing the game wide open with a 22-0 lead that the Seahawks eventually took into the locker room for halftime. The Seahawks would receive the second half kickoff, which WR Percy Harvin took 87 yards for yet another touchdown, making the Seahawks the first team to score an offensive, defensive, and special teams touchdown since the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XVIII. QB Russell Wilson would also record two passing touchdowns, one to Doug Baldwin and one to Jermaine Kearse. Although the Broncos would break up the shutout with a 14-yard touchdown catch by WR Demaryius Thomas, that was all the scoring Denver could muster. The Seahawks won Super Bowl XLVIII by a final score of 43-8.
The win marks the Seahawks' first Super Bowl Championship in franchise history. Russell Wilson would finish with 206 passing yards and two touchdowns, while the Seahawks defense logged four takeaways. Malcolm Smith was named Super Bowl MVP thanks in large part to his interception return and a fumble recovery in the second half.
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