Report: Mariners playoff games could impact Seahawks kickoff times

The Seattle Mariners’ playoff run could potentially impact the kickoff time of up to two Seattle Seahawks games, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Saturday.

The Seahawks and Mariners will both host games on Sunday, Oct. 5 and could again on Monday, Oct. 20, setting up potential logistical nightmares around the neighboring stadiums in Seattle’s SODO district.

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The Seahawks face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Oct. 5 with a 1:05 p.m. kickoff at Lumen Field. The American League West-champion Mariners host Game 2 of the AL Division Series at T-Mobile Park at a time that has yet to be determined. MLB isn’t expected to announce a game time until Friday, per the report.

If the Mariners are scheduled at the same time as the Seahawks, city officials said the Seahawks’ kickoff time could be pushed back anywhere from 90 to 150 minutes, per Schefter.

The potential Oct. 20 scheduling conflict is a much less likely scenario. The Seahawks face the Houston Texas in the second game of a Monday Night Football doubleheader at 7 p.m. The Mariners could also be playing at home in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series that day. However, the second-seeded M’s would need to be the higher seed team in the series to be hosting, and the best-of-seven series could end beforehand.

City officials said the Mariners would likely have a 4:30 p.m. first pitch in a potential ALCS Game 7 in Seattle, and the Seahawks would kick off 150 minutes later, per the report.

The teams faced a similar dilemma when the Mariners made the playoffs in 2022 and were to host a potential Game 4 of the ALDS against the Houston Astros on the same day the Seahawks played at home against the Arizona Cardinals. But the M’s were eliminated in Game 3 the day prior.

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