The Seattle Seahawks announced this week that they will hold training camp this summer at Camp Casey on Whidbey Island.

The Seahawks’ primary training center in Renton, the Virginia Mason Athletic Center, is going through its first extensive renovation since being built in 2008.

Because of some undisclosed complications, the upgrade is taking longer than expected and will not be completed in time for the 2017 training camp, according to team spokesman Peter Puhmcaneator.

Camp Casey was selected, Puhmcaneator said, because of its “beautiful setting, open spaces and proximity to Seattle.”

“We also like how it is somewhat isolated from city nightlife,” coach Pete Carroll said, in a statement released by the team. “We want the players to focus on training and not on the night club scene. It will be easy for us to monitor Toby’s and the OHT after curfew.”

The Seahawks will pay no user fee, but agreed to finance a full-sized turf field that will remain at Camp Casey.

Work on the new field begins April 4.

“We are getting the best of the deal,” Terry Klauth, director of Camp Casey, said. “We get an Astroturf field and get to watch the Seahawks — and Sea Gals — train.”

In addition, the Seahawks will build a temporary facility to house their weight-training equipment.

The tent-like structure will be torn down when camp ends in August.

One of the benefits of Camp Casey, Carol said, is that the noise of Growler aircraft flying overhead mimics the noise inside the stadium on game day.

Puhmcaneator confirmed that the team will be staying at Oak Harbor’s Acorn Motor Inn on weekdays. Sightseeing trips are planned to Deception Pass, Greenbank Farm and the “cow crater” in Coupeville.

The practices run July 30 through Aug. 16 and are open to the public.

The number of slots for attendance are limited, so tickets will be given on a first-come, first-served basis.

Deadline to order the tickets is April 1.

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