Watching the sellout crowd rise to their feet on a chilly January afternoon inside T-Mobile Park, Alisia Anderson looked around with a smile as she had just completed execution of another innovative use for the ballpark: Hosting the 2024 NHL Winter Classic between the Vegas Golden Knights and Seattle Kraken, the stadium’s first ever hockey event. The Mariners were months into their offseason when the Kraken player introductions and in-stadium entertainment features began, but the ballpark’s ability to continue housing different events while the team is away is one of the most exciting ways for the Mariners organization to unite the Seattle community, and Anderson’s ballpark operations team is the brains behind it all.