DRIVE INTO TACOMA, Wash., on Interstate 5, and Mount Rainier rises up majestically to the southwest, while just beside the highway, the storied wooden roof of the Tacoma Dome commands the city’s skyline.
Since opening in 1983, with a performance by David Bowie during his Serious Moonlight Tour, the venue has loomed as large in the hearts of the region’s residents as the Cascade Range. And through decades of hosting Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Eagles, Prince, Elton John, Lady Gaga and, just in 2018, Maroon 5, Shania Twain, Miranda Lambert and Katy Perry, the building has put this city 30 miles south of Seattle on the touring industry map.
“It has been such an incredibly iconic building,” says Kim Bedier, director of Tacoma venues and events, who oversees…