SEATTLE — Ever since the PNW Experience was announced I’ve had a mix of anticipation and nervousness. I was stoked that OL Reign would finally be playing at Lumen Field and I personally loved the idea of doing it this way, as the opening act of a Seattle-Portland doubleheader. I was also a little worried that with everything in the world, something might go wrong, people would stay away and it would be filed under “nice idea that didn’t actually work.”
So I was definitely pleasantly surprised to see the area outside Lumen Field bustling with activity when I showed up about 10 minutes before the OL Reign and Portland Thorns were scheduled to kick off, mostly with people wearing Sounders or Reign gear hustling to get to their seats.