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The NHL season started back against this week (and the Kraken won the first game of the season for the first time in franchise history!), the local baseball team just advanced to the next round last night (I have no idea what baseball is about, but go Mariners!), and the NFL is back (absolutely have no idea on that one) so I thought I’d share some of my favourite clear bags with you so you can take your stuff into the arena without trying to squish it all into your pockets.
The sizes of these bags (according to their product pages) meet the requirements for the following arenas at the time of posting, but you should always double check the details yourself – links below are to the relevant bag policies:
- Climate Pledge Arena (Seattle Kraken, PWHL Seattle and Seattle Storm) – CPA actually just updated their bag policy hours before the Kraken season opener (which I absolutely have opinions on) and now you don’t need a clear bag but all bags (including clear ones) that are bigger than the 4″ x 6″ x 1.5″ wristlet allowed have to be x-rayed. Yes, including clear bags where you can see all the contents easily. I’m still going to use my clear bag just to make it easier because then I have to pack that bag for the evening and can make sure I’m not accidentally leaving anything in my bag that can’t go in, but it is still a weird choice to make.
- Lumen Field (Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Sounders and Seattle Reign)
- T-Mobile Park (Seattle Mariners)
My absolute favourite clear bag (as seen above!) is by Kate Gabrielle, but sadly she has had to make the decision to stop making these purses, because there are too many dupes being made by Temu, etc, which is a great reminder to try to support the actual designers rather than the knockoffs if you can. I’m loving this bag for going to Climate Pledge Arena because half of it is open so you can keep your drinks bottle in there (or in this case, a big can of Blue Moon so I don’t have to carry it as well as all the good food I bought!) and then the other half is a normal purse with a flap over so your stuff doesn’t fall out. The strap that came with it was removable so I’ve been looking at other straps to replace it with – current favourite is a sparkly one because, well, it’s me, of course it’s sparkly.
Target has a surprisingly good collection of clear bags under their own brands, which makes it more likely that you’ll find one in your local store. If you’ve just been invited to a game and are now panicking about how to hold all your crap, your best bet is to do a Target run on the way there!
