Or any other major event. Ya’ll just standing at the train doors like ^^^
*reposting bc the first got removed without the ruffles and French onion dip*
Just went on a date with a guy I’ve casually been hooking up with. We grabbed dinner and had plans to go to his place after but he called it early due to his allergies. Totally fine, and I totally respect the boundaries.
But I just want to scream into the void. I’ve noticed this pattern lately of the men I’ve been causally seeing. They want companionship over sex, which in my mid twenties would have been perfect. But now, I’ve built up all the relationships in my life that I need. I look to my family and friends for companionship. All these guys have made it clear they don’t want anything long term. Which is perfect, I don’t want it either.
I’m just mad that I gave up a night in sweatpants to go buy two glasses of overly priced wine for a man who has made it clear doesn’t want to date me, so he didn’t have to eat dinner alone. If I had known that’s what the night was going to be, I would have passed.
Dinner, a bag of ruffle chips and French onion dip that I devoured. You’re left with Bloody Mary mix.
Honestly, Sound Transit and King County Metro crushed it today. We give them a lot of grief, but they pulled off a huge day without major issues or safety concerns. Hats off to them and all the folks working on our public transit systems during major events.
It can be anything from the stadium, to public transportation to hotel info. I’ll go first: Loved all the volunteers out and about. But they were a bit overstaffed in certain areas and understaffed in others. Could use more volunteer support on the southern end of the stadium post match.
Hi all! I have started seeing the World Cup questions rolling in, so I thought I would try to put together a bit of info. Please comment to add additional info I missed.
The FIFA World Cup is the largest sporting event in the world. The tournament has expanded from 32 teams to 48 teams this year. Link.
There are 3 nations hosting the World Cup. US, Canada and Mexico. There are 104 matches, playing across 16 host cities.
Seattle is hosting 6 matches in Seattle. All on weekdays, which is important for commuters to be mindful of. Link.
-June 15 @ 12PM Belgium vs Egypt
-June 19 @ 12PM USA vs Australia
-June 24 @ 12PM Bosnia vs Qatar
-June 26 @ 8PM Iran vs Egypt (Pride Match)
-July 1 @ 1PM TBD vs TBD (game can go into OT)
-July 6 @ 5PM TBD vs TBD (game can go into OT)
The matches themselves are 90 minutes. But due to injury, stoppage time, ect, matches typically last about ~2 hours. The last two matches are knock out rounds which mean they can go into overtime (OT) up to one hour. Again, this is important for commuters to be mindful of.
Lumen field is now Seattle Stadium. Link.
Seattle Stadium opens 3 hours before the match and will remain open 2 hours after the last whistle.
All city stadiums have been renamed, this is not a Seattle exclusive thing with FIFA. Link.
The Local Organizing Committee has led the regional effort to prepare for FIFA World Cup 2026.
You give a sh*t about them because they house ALL THINGS FIFA on their website. Link.
All of the matches are on weekdays, meaning commuters and fans will all be competing for parking and public transit.
There are other regional activities including fan celebrations and fan zones. Plus bars will still get full near the stadium. Check out the LOC events calendar website, which includes watch parties. Link.
Additionally, FIFA decided that Seattle would be the ONLY city where they required all fans to enter through one entrance. The entrance is on the north parking lot.
This means, there is less parking, during the work week, with increased commuter traffic.
Check out LOC website transportation page. This will link you to all of the regional transit pages. Link.
Metro is the ONLY agency that is doing free fares on SELECT routes. This is the match day shuttle and the waterfront shuttle.
Sound Transit does NOT have free fares. For Link Light Rail, on all 6 match days ST is running peak service from 6am-1am. Meaning trains will come every 8 minutes, with 4 minute headways from Lynnwood to International District/Chinatown.
Sound Transit wants you to follow preferred station routing to and from the match. If you’re coming from/heading back to the north then use Pioneer Square. South is Stadium. And East or passengers with accessible needs using International District / Chinatown.
Sound Transit will not allow bikes or scooters on Link or Sounder on the 6 match days. They are offering free bike storage from now through the end of the tournament. Link.
Revive I-5 is paused. “All lanes of mainline I-5 will be open June 8 through July 10”. Link.
Road closures in the last mile. Link.