A rapper’s Rolls-Royce parked in the VIP lot. Camera crews descending on a quarterback and a pop star. Music blaring. Kids cheering. This was an event fueled by star power.
Less than a week after the Sounders announced that a new, high-profile ownership group was coming in to replace former stakeholder Joe Roth, the marquee faces made an appearance. In front of hundreds of people at Yesler Terrace Park on Monday, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson joined his wife, Ciara, and Seattle-born hip-hop star Macklemore to christen the transition.
Each member of the trio greeted the crowd enthusiastically.