As Seattle prepares to host roughly 750,000 FIFA World Cup fans downtown, there are several impacts that an event of this magnitude could have on the city, both positive and negative.
Erin Goodman, the executive director of the SODO Business Improvement Association, joined “The John Curley Show” on KIRO Newsradio to explain that while cleanup efforts are needed, they must become a trend and a focus for the city that cannot be left behind as the World Cup leaves town.
“I hope that this is a time when Seattle is proud of showing itself off. When you get behind on basic maintenance, it’s really hard to catch up,” Goodman said. “You have to focus on the biggest things first, and so I think that is the cycle that we’re in, and we have a lot of things to catch up on, but we have a lot to be proud of…