CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance 127156, which adopted the 2025 Budget, including the 2025-2030 Capital Improvement Program (CIP); changing appropriations to various departments and budget control levels, and from various funds in the Budget; revising project allocations for certain projects in the 2025-2030 CIP; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.
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WHEREAS, the 2026 F?d?ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup will take place between June 11 to July 19, 2026, and is projected to be the largest and most-viewed sports tournament to ever occur in history with billions of spectators watching from all over the globe; and
WHEREAS, in January 2018, the Mayor and City Council adopted Resolution 31791, supporting the City's proposal to be a host city for the 2026 FIFA World Cup; and
WHEREAS, on June 16, 2022, FIFA announced its selection of Seattle to serve as a host city for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in 16 cities across Canada, Mexico, and the United States; and
WHEREAS, Seattle's Lumen Field, the proud home of the Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Reign, and Seattle Sounders, boasting a capacity of nearly 69,000 seats, nestled in the City's SODO neighborhood and adjoining Pioneer Square and the Chinatown-International District, will host six games for the 2026 FIFA World Cup; and
WHEREAS, the Seattle Center and its 74-acre campus has long served as the largest and most popular tourist destination in Washington State, attracting up to 10 million visitors a year, featuring legacy and new cultural institutions, major regional music, culinary and art events, and world-renown landmarks such as the Space Needle; and
WHEREAS, on October 1, 2024, Mayor Harrell and the Seattle International Soccer Hosting Local Organizing Committee (LOC) announced that Seattle Center will host the official Fan Celebratio...
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