The Yakima Valley SunDome is a 6,195-seat multi-purpose

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, United States. It was built in 1990, on the

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grounds, by contractor Gilbert H. Moen Co and architecture firm Loofburrow & Associates. The SunDome was designed to host sporting events, i.e. basketball, soccer, volleyball, ice shows, horse shows, circuses, boxing and concerts, as well as agricultural expos, trade shows, symposiums, conventions, and much more. The Yakima Valley SunDome constituted the second Dome in the world to use a concrete sectional roof design (24 segments), the first being Seattle's

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. The SunDome hosts many annual events, including th
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1A and 2A High School Basketball State Tournaments
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B, BB, A, AA, AAA, & AAAA High School Volleyball State Tournaments, and th
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Dance and Drill 2B, 1A, 2A & 3A State Championships. The SunDome was the home of the

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team from 1990 to 2008, and in 2018 and 2019. The SunDome has occasionally hosted

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, including the

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of the

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in 2001 and the

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of the

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who played home games at the SunDome in 2010 and will soon host the Yakima Canines of the

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starting in 2021.

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