As you’re probably aware of by now, Microsoft’s Xbox will be the primary sponsor of the Seattle Sounders FC ^[1] MLS franchise. As part of this sponsorship, they’ll be making some adjustments to Qwest Field. The plan is to close off the upper decks leaving roughly 24,000 seats available to fans in the lower bowl and north and south endzones. Additionally, they’ll be covering the upper bowl and Hawk’s Nest (remember when the M’s did the same thing at the Kingdome?). Here’s an artist’s rendering of what the new Xbox Live 360 Pitch will look like on match days.

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