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How Seattle’s Urban Stadium Brought World Cup Success, While Others Floundered (www.theurbanist.org)

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While other cities struggled to handle World Cup 2026 crowds, Seattle thrived, with pedestrians happily exploring and transit records being broken. Good planning and an urban stadium location was key to Seattle outperforming its American peers.

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[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 2 points 1 day ago

For all its downsides, hosting the World Cup did lead to significant improvements in our city infrastructure

“To the city's credit, they've actually been pretty forward thinking, and they used the World Cup as a goal to get stuff finished in time for it,” Oshan said. “But it was stuff designed to be permanent changes.”