Operating losses at the city-owned accesso ShoWare Center in Kent plummeted in 2025 to a record $1.88 million.
That comes just one year after the arena lost $1.06 million in 2024, the first time the ShoWare Center, which opened in 2009, had suffered operating losses of more than $1 million.
Kent leaders cover the financial losses at the 6,200-seat arena with monies from the city’s general fund. That annual payment was $500,000 in 2023, $1.5 million in 2024 and $1.62 million in 2025, a total of about $3.6 million over three years, according to city ShoWare Center Operating Fund documents…