I too remember the Dome being built. I lived at 520 E. Division Lane in Tacoma at the time, right off McKinley Avenue. Went to the Dome's grand opening in 1983. My mother was hoping to see Ricky Nelson in concert there at the grand opening, but he no showed, which left her disappointed.
@9:09- The then-under construction Tacoma Dome, whose opening was less than a year away from when this vid was recorded. Did you know some of the wood used to build it was from fallen trees from the Mt. St. Helens eruption, and that upon opening, the Tacoma Dome was the largest wooden dome in the world by volume (which has since been surpassed)?
Yep. Here's some more interesting info. The roof alone weighs 1,444,000 pounds and consists of 288 triangular pieces. Some of the beams were signed by local residents, including Puyallup chief Bob Satiacum. There is also enough concrete in the building to build a sidewalk from Tacoma all the way to Richland, Washington, 250 miles away. The Tacoma Dome is, or was, the most versatile facility in the world, with 65% of the seating being movable, and has a seating capacity of about 26,000. The Superior Dome in Michigan is 2 feet larger in diameter than the Tacoma Dome.
They have installed new GE M-400A cut off version and uses High Pressure Sodium Lamps along I-5 in Washington. New street light fixtures no only reduced the light pollution, but also more energy efficient then the old Mercury Vapor Lamps.
Something I've always payed attention to is the oil slick in the center of the lanes. When I was a kid (90s) my dad always taught me to not walk in the oil in parking lots and roads. These days, the oil slick in the center of the roads are nearly diminished down to nothing. Modern cars rarely leak oil...
As this video starts, there used to be a half-pipe skateboard ramp on the right, right there at that house, visible to I-5 south lanes. I vividly remember that. I can’t tell if this was prior to it being built by a year or two but it was right around that time frame.
I think I saw ET and Return of the Jedi there. I took part in the Tacoma Public Library summer reading club in 1982 and 1983, and got to see those movies as a result. At the end, I got to shake the mayor's hand both times.
You should have been at the Tacoma Dome when there were about 16,000 of us area elementary school kids gathered there for a Day in the Dome on May 16, 1984. It really was the Thunderdome that day, as we stomped our feet to create the thunder in there.
They are adding new interchange on I-5 in Fife Washington as of connection of WA-167 between Puyallup and I-5, and the WA-509 between I-5 and Port of Tacoma, and it will be new designated exit 138. The new interchange will be complete sometimes in 2028.
Remember about that time, there was a controversy about the planned neon art that was going to be installed on the outside of the Tacoma Dome? Eventually they settled on the panels that are installed inside, by the same artist. Lots of cars that would be nice to own in that condition today.
Now if they would remaster these 😃 My aunt thinks she knew the guy on the bike. She says he had a dui back then and was forced to ride to work in that area around this time!
I-5 was widened through Olympia during the late 1980s. I remember reading in the newspaper, the construction was a real headache for both the drivers and construction workers. They finally had it finished by around 1990.
they should have done a side window shot. so we can see everyone giving this slow DOT driver the finger! semi's are third lane passing to get around this guy.
This must have been right before they started the construction project on I-5, that they finally finished last year.
naw that started in 1971
😂
They never finish. They'd be out of a job..
Finished??? They will NEVER be finished with construction on I-5 through Fife and Tacoma.
These videos are awesome. Thank you for uploading them.
7:27 No Emerald Queen Casino lol beautiful. 9:14 Tacoma dome was only a year or so old. Wow!!! Thank you for memories.
That Dennys & McDonald’s are OG lol
Wow, the Tacoma dome was still under construction, cool, it opened 1 year later 1983.
i remember it being built i lived off 31st street & portland ave from 1971 to 1980.
I too remember the Dome being built. I lived at 520 E. Division Lane in Tacoma at the time, right off McKinley Avenue. Went to the Dome's grand opening in 1983. My mother was hoping to see Ricky Nelson in concert there at the grand opening, but he no showed, which left her disappointed.
@9:09- The then-under construction Tacoma Dome, whose opening was less than a year away from when this vid was recorded.
Did you know some of the wood used to build it was from fallen trees from the Mt. St. Helens eruption, and that upon opening, the Tacoma Dome was the largest wooden dome in the world by volume (which has since been surpassed)?
Yep. Here's some more interesting info. The roof alone weighs 1,444,000 pounds and consists of 288 triangular pieces. Some of the beams were signed by local residents, including Puyallup chief Bob Satiacum. There is also enough concrete in the building to build a sidewalk from Tacoma all the way to Richland, Washington, 250 miles away.
The Tacoma Dome is, or was, the most versatile facility in the world, with 65% of the seating being movable, and has a seating capacity of about 26,000.
The Superior Dome in Michigan is 2 feet larger in diameter than the Tacoma Dome.
A time of simplicity, beauty, good people and other things. ❤
They have installed new GE M-400A cut off version and uses High Pressure Sodium Lamps along I-5 in Washington. New street light fixtures no only reduced the light pollution, but also more energy efficient then the old Mercury Vapor Lamps.
i can see my old elementary school at 7:30 it is upper left hand corner, Rogers elementary it is not open anymore.
My dad went there when he was a kid. I went to McKinley Elementary School from 1979-1984.
Something I've always payed attention to is the oil slick in the center of the lanes. When I was a kid (90s) my dad always taught me to not walk in the oil in parking lots and roads. These days, the oil slick in the center of the roads are nearly diminished down to nothing. Modern cars rarely leak oil...
The good ole days when it was sunny and warm in June!
As if it's not already 92 degrees now
I watch most of these videos because I love car spotting old datsuns and toyotas.
As this video starts, there used to be a half-pipe skateboard ramp on the right, right there at that house, visible to I-5 south lanes. I vividly remember that. I can’t tell if this was prior to it being built by a year or two but it was right around that time frame.
3:27 Ah, good ole exit 137. That exit is always backed up in today's traffic.
Ooo, I saw the Tacoma Mall Twin where I saw Empire Strikes Back. :-)
I saw Saturday night fever there
I think I saw ET and Return of the Jedi there. I took part in the Tacoma Public Library summer reading club in 1982 and 1983, and got to see those movies as a result. At the end, I got to shake the mayor's hand both times.
I wish my commute home was this wide open lol
Thank you for the memories ❤
Just look at those car
year/make/models !
I like comparing recent memory of driving to thunderdome to this video. Helps me put into perspective how old everything I think as normal really is
You should have been at the Tacoma Dome when there were about 16,000 of us area elementary school kids gathered there for a Day in the Dome on May 16, 1984. It really was the Thunderdome that day, as we stomped our feet to create the thunder in there.
They are adding new interchange on I-5 in Fife Washington as of connection of WA-167 between Puyallup and I-5, and the WA-509 between I-5 and Port of Tacoma, and it will be new designated exit 138. The new interchange will be complete sometimes in 2028.
About four or five years behind schedule isn't it
absolutely. I was in college at the time in seattle, and I'm from Tacoma - I've seen the growth over the years - not for the better
The Tacoma Dome looks huge!
They built the Tacoma Dome in an area that used to be residential homes from the freeway to freighthouse square.
That’s cool seeing the dome.
I had just graduated that month 😊 and it’s odd to see a best western where Emerald queen is today
38:00 There was a weigh station SB I-5? Interesting.
If I remember the speed limit was 55 mph back then and i always drove over the speed limit because it was so hard to cruise at that speed
I remember going there several times back to Portland from Seattle.
I found someone I know on here driving to work @8:40! I see you!
Fife doesn’t actually look that much different today
Looks like the Tacome Dome wasn't finish. I remember going to Tacoma Dome watching a Tacoma Stars match.
Is this before i705?
Tacoma Dome under construction, nice!
I miss the old Washington before the population migrations from the 90s and today.
Remember about that time, there was a controversy about the planned neon art that was going to be installed on the outside of the Tacoma Dome? Eventually they settled on the panels that are installed inside, by the same artist.
Lots of cars that would be nice to own in that condition today.
No Emerald Queen casino yet
Now if they would remaster these 😃
My aunt thinks she knew the guy on the bike. She says he had a dui back then and was forced to ride to work in that area around this time!
I went to the Tacoma Dome's grand opening in 1983. I got to enjoy hearing one of the singers from the group America, who was from Tacoma.
wow no traffic! also why is this dude doing 20 on a freeway?
No DuPont?
Boy, I can't remember the I-5 was two lanes when you past exit 109. Now, its four lanes heading to the State Capital.
I-5 was widened through Olympia during the late 1980s. I remember reading in the newspaper, the construction was a real headache for both the drivers and construction workers. They finally had it finished by around 1990.
I think I saw myself drive by.😁
Jcpenny before they added two more floors (i grew up across the freeway from Penny's)
I hope there is a South Tacoma Way from the 80s.
The cruising wonderful 55 mph speed limit
Wow I-705 didn’t exist then
Tacoma dome being built
This was when you could put five dollars worth of gas and drive all week.
This is Washington in a nutshell: driving 35 mph on the freeway in the middle lane.
Hard to watch this now, looks like a much better place 40 years ago..
You can tell it was a much better place? How can you tell?
Whoever is driving the vehicle with the camera is going pretty slow.
#celica @ 1:53
I'd feel safer on the road if the cars were more like this instead of plastic blobs of unimaginable speed.
they should have done a side window shot. so we can see everyone giving this slow DOT driver the finger! semi's are third lane passing to get around this guy.
people did give you the finger so much bac then!
Lot of ugly signs back then.