Prior to Safeco being built in SODO, there was a group of us actively campaigning for a site in Bellevue. It would have been safer, easier access, better parking. But no...we couldn't convince the powers that be of this. I know a couple of the developers and *now* they admit that with the team not doing well, people are actively avoiding the area with all of it's hassles.
That said, my oldest boy got he and I tickets for a Yankee game for my Mother's Day present. He said, "Last chance to see Jeter and probably Ichiro. We'll meet in Redmond and take the bus!