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| |  | Lumen Field will host six matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images) |
| Are We Ready for the World Cup? | Seattle City Councilmember Rob Saka doesn’t think so. In Tuesday’s Public Safety Committee meeting, he asked the mayor to turn on security cameras in the Stadium District before the World Cup. (At a press conference about surveillance in March, Wilson said the city would install cameras and only activate them in the event of a “credible threat.”) Saka brought up his experience during the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and argued that the cameras would be a safety measure. [MyNorthwest] | - 🚗 Traffic is up for debate: despite the influx of tourists coming for the games, a traffic data firm told the Seattle Times that with Interstate 5 and public transportation options, it would be similar traffic during an NFL game. The Washington State Department of Transportation disagrees and said traffic would be comparable to the traffic that happened during the Seahawks Bowl victory parade.
- ⚠️ Look out for I-5 closure: before and after the event, contractors need to move equipment at the Ship Canal Bridge. Be prepared for the mainline of the northbound I-5 to close from I-90 to the U District on June 6-7 and July 11-12. During the event, you can keep up to date with the potential traffic by using WSDOT’s dedicated page, which has traffic maps and public transportation information.
- 🫂 Harm reduction is full swing ahead in SeaTac: the city is distributing naloxone, a medication that reverses opioid overdoses, to local hotels ahead of the games. Despite hotel bookings in Seattle falling below expectations, local leaders in SeaTac expect most of their 6,000 hotel rooms to fill.
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| What Seattle’s Talking About |
| ☀️ Denny Blaine’s fate on trial: The legal showdown over Denny Blaine Park’s clothing-optional policy began this week. A group of shorefront landowners brought the case against the city, claiming that the nudity at the historically LGBTQ+ beach is a nuisance. [Capitol Hill Seattle Blog] | | 🛥️ Zuckerberg’s Superyacht Comes Amid Layoffs: Mark Zuckerberg's $300 million superyacht came to Seattle on the same day his company Meta laid off 1,400 employees in the city. The layoffs impacted about 20% of Meta employees in the city and are a part of the company’s focus on AI. [Geekwire] | |  | Amazon recently settled with the FTC over another claim of trickery, specifically manipulating customers into costly Prime memberships and making it difficult to cancel. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images) |
| 🧑⚖️ Amazon Sued over 'Subscribe and Save': The Seattle-based company faces a lawsuit in federal court over its “Subscribe and Save” program. The lawsuit alleges the company tricks consumers into signing up for automatic purchases and then raises the prices. [The Seattle Times] |
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