The Seahawks and CenturyLink Field will pay more than $700,000 to part-time employees impacted by events that will be canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the team announced Friday.
That is one of several steps that the team, as well as Vulcan Inc. and the Paul G. Allen Family foundation, announced as part of an overall plan to support various entities in the days to come.
Specifically, Vulcan — which oversees both the Seahawks and Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA — announced that they are “committed to paying their part-time event staff for any previously scheduled event shifts at CenturyLink Field and the Moda Center.