Forget Soccer.
Think Tourism Surge.
“I’m 20-miles, 40-miles, 80-plus miles away. This isn’t going to affect me.”
This isn't about the six matches in Seattle, it's about the surge in-between, where they go, and how it impacts the road you and your deliveries travel.
Too many projects are based on a Super Bowl. This is 104 Super Bowls, 24 along the same coastal corridor, and lasting for 5-weeks. Fan movement during a World Cup is not a forecast, it's a pattern that repeats the same way every time. Prep is concentrated on the host city, secondary markets get caught off guard, traffic cripples recovery in the moment.
Fans base in one city, move between matches, and spend heavier on non-match days than match days. Secondary markets within driving range of a host city absorb the overflow. Walkable venues capture a 36% post-match F&B lift. Who are they as a demographic?
WASHINGTON TRAVEL PATTERN MAP
Where visitors land, when they move, and where your supply chain feels it.
SEE OREGON →JUNE 11 - THURSDAY
Highway
Ferry
Quiet
Elevated
Surge
MEET THE SUPER TOURIST
The Opportunity
SUPER Tourist
Wealthy, experienced, and here for the full ride. This isn't a weekend visitor. This is someone who booked two weeks, rented a car, and is actively looking for reasons to spend money on things that feel real.
Stay Length
7-16
nights average
Daily F&B Spend
$140-180
food & beverage
Dinner Window
9-11 PM
European timetable
Table Time
90-120
minutes avg
Mobility
High
excursion-driven
Payment
Tap+
Apple/Google/WeChat
Will drop $100 on a king crab leg without blinking. They flew here for authentic PNW. Give it to them.
Orders digestifs, desserts, and the local pour. Don't rush this table. Let the check grow.
Rents a car and drives the I-5 corridor, loops the Peninsula, hits Leavenworth and wine country. Rural operators aren't bystanders. You're on the route.
Carries no cash. Tap-to-pay and international digital wallets only. If your terminal rejects Apple Pay, that $200 table just got harder than it needed to be.
The Baseline
CLASSIC Tourist
Your traditional summer traveler. Predictable, price-choosers, and likely baked into your revenue model. Nothing wrong with them, and they will still be in the mix, but they're not on the pitch this summer, they're on the bench.
Stay Length
2-4
days average
Daily F&B Spend
$75-95
food & beverage
Dinner Window
6-8 PM
standard American
Table Time
45-60
minutes avg
Mobility
Low
hotel-anchored
Payment
Card
credit / debit
Eats at chains or mid-tier spots. Comfort and convenience win over authenticity every time.
Eats, pays, leaves. No lingering. Built for table turns, not ticket averages.
Stays within a few blocks of the hotel or main attraction. Rarely ventures to rural or highway stops.
Price-sensitive. Will pick the value menu over the daily special without thinking twice.
Beyond the Ticket
The SUPER FAN
Your Super Tourist didn't fly 5,000 miles to watch one match and go hiking. They want all 104. Every group stage heartbreak, every knockout shootout, every 6 AM kickoff from another continent. They're looking for a screen and a seat. The easier you make it to be that place, the more of them show up, and they keep showing up like clockwork for 33 days.
Total Matches
104
across the tournament
In Seattle
6
at Lumen Field
Need a Venue
98
matches to watch somewhere
Viewing Window
14 hrs/day
games across 4 time zones
Dwell Time
2+ hrs
per match viewing
Discovery
Search
"football near me" on mobile
Audio Priority
High
commentary over picture quality
Group Size
4-8
communal, loud, full 90+ min
Repeat Rate
5x+
one acquisition, five returns
98 matches need a screen. That's 98 chances to seat a customer for two hours with a tab running. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late night. It's like having a reservation book that fills itself.
East Coast venues kick off at 6-7 AM Pacific. The operator running coffee and eggs with a screen on just filled a daypart that normally sits empty.
They search "football near me," not "soccer." Your Google Business Profile is the front door. Not your signage, not your Yelp page. Google.
The bar that becomes the watch spot on Day 1 keeps that crowd coming back for 33 days. This isn't a one-night spike. It's a relationship that builds on itself, match after match.
Your screens, your Google profile, and your match schedule are the three levers that turn foot traffic into 33 days of seated, ordering fans. It's the closest thing to a cheat code this industry offers.
FAN ZONES & BASE CAMPS
9 regional hubs. Every one a commercial activation opportunity.
A Fan Zone is a sanctioned outdoor activation running for the tournament: screens, food, drink, merchandise, and crowd. Washington has 9 of them. If yours isn't on the list, your corridor probably is.
Seattle HUB
Unity Loop: Seattle Center / Pacific Place / Waterfront Park / Victory Hall
Extreme
Restaurant Intelligence
- Four free Fan Celebration sub-locations: The Armory at Seattle Center, Pacific Place "Seattle Soccer House" with 4-story LED screen, Waterfront Park at Pier 62, and Victory Hall in SODO with a 23-foot screen
- Unity Loop: a 4.25-mile pedestrian trail connecting all four venues, fully unobstructed during the tournament window
- City-mandated Construction Pause: June 8 to July 7. All equipment, materials, and steel plates must be cleared from public right-of-ways by June 7
- Night delivery only: 11PM-5AM window Jun 8 - Jul 13
- Clean Zone restrictions: no non-FIFA sponsor branding visible from street
- Apply for SeattleFWC26 Vendor Portal; local F&B preferred
- Neighborhood Liaisons available for permit/access issues in CID, SODO, Pioneer Square
Logistics
Link Light Rail is the primary airport-to-stadium artery. WA State Ferries provide a Bremerton bypass. AccessMap ADA tool available for accessibility routing. Dedicated accessible drop-off zones at 1st Ave S, S Charles St, and Occidental Ave.
Tacoma: Puyallup Tribe SOVEREIGN ZONE
Puyallup Tribal Headquarters (3001 Puyalupabsh St, Tacoma)
High
Restaurant Intelligence
- First-ever official Indigenous operational presence at a Summer of Soccer host tournament. The Puyallup Tribe is an Official Legacy Supporter, operating on sovereign land
- Signature events: World Cup Pow Wow (June 19-21) and Stickgame Tournament (June 26-28)
- Lushootseed language translations on official signage, land acknowledgments before Seattle matches, handcrafted gifts for international dignitaries
- Tribal partnership with SeattleFWC26 ensures Native culture permeates the tournament footprint
- Combined tribal and municipal (Tacoma) dual-engine demand creates sustained pressure for South Sound operators
Logistics
Sovereign land means tribal event coordination, not municipal permitting. Tribal liaison channels required for vendor participation. Heavy foot traffic during June 19-21 and June 26-28 windows.
HB 1515 Tier: Sovereign land; tribal regulatory framework applies
Official Fan Zone Portal→
Bremerton
Quincy Square (253 4th St)
Moderate
Restaurant Intelligence
- DBA anchoring a 20-foot LED broadcast screen at Quincy Square, Budweiser-sponsored beer gardens, and a "Food Truck Fridays" program throughout the tournament
- Entire strategy hinges on the Seattle-Bremerton ferry (60-minute crossing). WSF plans to restore two-boat service on this route by summer 2026; fan traffic will pulse with ferry arrivals and departures
- Specific activation dates: June 15 Belgium v Egypt, June 19 Juneteenth with "Doc Loves Kids," June 21 Bremerton Beer Festival
- Restaurants along the walking path from the ferry terminal to Quincy Square are the highest-value positions; coordinate hours with ferry schedule, not standard dinner service
- Bremerton markets itself as the scenic, lower-cost lodging alternative to Seattle; visitors staying on the Kitsap Peninsula will eat locally for breakfast and dinner even on match days
- Municipal leaders compare the impact to "seven Super Bowls"; Fan Zone costs funded by lodging tax, reducing direct financial burden on participating businesses
Logistics
Ferry capacity is the ceiling on foot traffic. Plan inventory and staffing around ferry arrival times, not match kickoff times. Late ferries back to Seattle will strand hungry fans in Bremerton after midnight.
HB 1515: Group C (Fan Zone) eligible
Official Fan Zone Portal→
Bellingham
Portal Container Village (Waterfront) + Decentralized Downtown Network
Moderate-High
Restaurant Intelligence
- Most integrated grassroots model in the state: 15+ designated viewing venues forming a decentralized Fan Zone network
- Two named anchors: Kulshan Brewing Trackside Beer Garden (298 W Laurel St) and The Den / Wild Buffalo (1300 Commercial St)
- Detailed programming: indigenous art demos via Allied Arts, kayak soccer via Community Boating Center, futsal via Paper Whale, "Farm and Futbol" via Sustainable Connections, Whatcom Museum "Free Fan Zone Fridays"
- City grants available for A/V upgrades, enabling restaurants and bars to become official nodes in the Fan Zone network
- I-5 corridor position between Seattle and Vancouver BC creates natural stopover traffic; anticipated border delays at Peace Arch and Pacific Highway crossings create "forced tourism" in Bellingham and Blaine
- Embedded local economic impact framing positions participating businesses as community anchors, not just event vendors
Logistics
Border wait times are the variable you can't control. Stock for surge capacity and staff for extended hours on days when Vancouver BC hosts matches. Amtrak Cascades service expansion will also route fans through Bellingham station.
HB 1515: Group C (Fan Zone) eligible
Official Fan Zone Portal→
Everett
Boxcar Park (1200 Millwright Loop W) / Port of Everett
Moderate-High
Restaurant Intelligence
- Specific watch party dates confirmed: June 11, 12, 18, 19. Event clustering creates predictable demand windows for inventory and staffing
- Integration with "Music at the Marina" and "Rock the Boat" concert series (Jo Dee Messina, July 18) extends the entertainment calendar beyond match days
- I-5 corridor position captures northbound and southbound fan traffic between Seattle and Bellingham
- Snohomish County Track B Grants: up to $5K for physical improvements, marketing, staffing
- Cashless parking with LAZ Parking license plate reader (first 2 hours free) signals a tech-forward visitor experience
Logistics
Everett/Marysville PM commute overlap with fan traffic on weekdays. Plan inventory around confirmed event date clusters.
HB 1515: Group C (Fan Zone) eligible
Official Fan Zone Portal→
Olympia / Lacey
Port of Olympia NorthPoint (1210 Marine Drive NE)
Moderate
Restaurant Intelligence
- NorthPoint location between Swantown Marina and Anthony's Hearthfire Grill; Marine Drive closure at Market Street during peak operations
- Hybrid revenue model: $10 general admission (12 and under free), $100-$125 VIP tier
- Intercity Transit adding 1,500 hours of augmented service with frequency boosts on Routes 24, 51, 14, enhanced Route 600, and new Route 9X every 15 minutes from Hawks Prairie/Martin Way park-and-rides
- Confirmed June 19 open with efforts for June 24-26 continuous operations
- Zone will NOT operate final tournament week due to Lakefair Festival overlap. Plan inventory accordingly
- Capital region "relaxing retreat" identity; I-5/US-101 junction positioning captures excursion traffic to coast and Olympic Peninsula
Logistics
The JBLM/Nisqually bottleneck to the north means southbound deliveries from Seattle will face daylight gridlock on match days. Lakefair blackout in final tournament week means demand shifts to other venues. Plan for early-morning or night-drop receiving.
HB 1515: Group C (Fan Zone) eligible
Official Fan Zone Portal→
Vancouver WA
TBC - Esther Short Park area (venue unconfirmed)
Moderate
Restaurant Intelligence
- "Showcasing the first Vancouver" differentiation from Vancouver BC; Greater Vancouver Chamber strategic framing positions the city as an original, not a satellite
- Portland Base Camp overflow capture: international media and fan traffic concentrated just across the river flows north
- The WA State branding opens doors; local restaurants can participate in state-level grants and tourism promotions that Oregon counterparts cannot access
- Venue and anchor sites not yet confirmed by LOC; monitor Visit Vancouver WA for activation announcements
Logistics
I-5 and I-205 bridge crossings between Portland and Vancouver will see elevated traffic throughout the tournament. Delivery routing from Oregon-based suppliers should account for bridge congestion during peak fan movement hours.
HB 1515: Group C (Fan Zone) eligible
Official Fan Zone Portal→
Spokane
Gesa Pavilion, Riverfront Park (574 N Howard St)
High
Restaurant Intelligence
- Gesa Pavilion venue with brick-oven pizza and regional BBQ vendors confirmed; positioned as the culinary anchor of the Fan Zone
- ONE Spokane Stadium hosting a Concacaf Champions Cup match in March 2026 serves as a live stress test for the city's event infrastructure before the tournament
- Pedestrian-only downtown blocks during activations create direct foot traffic for restaurants in the Riverfront corridor
- Local brewery integration: Brick West Brewing hosting the official kickoff event signals city intent to build the Fan Zone around local F&B identity
- Dual Fan Zone + Base Camp compound effect: if Spokane's Gonzaga Base Camp is confirmed, the combined presence amplifies economic impact significantly
- Intense inland summer heat makes hydration, cold beverages, and shaded outdoor dining critical operational factors
Logistics
Eastern WA supply chains are less dense than the I-5 corridor. Specialty items and high-velocity SKUs (imported beer, premium spirits) will need longer lead times. Coordinate with Harbor TSC on adjusted delivery schedules for the full tournament window.
HB 1515: Group C (Fan Zone) eligible
Official Fan Zone Portal→
Tri-Cities
Pasco Sporting Complex + Gesa Stadium (6160 Burden Blvd)
Moderate
Restaurant Intelligence
- Dual-venue split-site model with four specific event dates: June 15 at Gesa Stadium, June 19 at Pasco Sporting Complex, July 1 at Gesa Stadium, July 6 at Gesa Stadium
- Immersive festival programming: elote, shaved ice, live music, and interactive athletics create a sustained draw beyond match screenings
- Pasco positioned as an affordable "home base" for fans exploring Eastern Washington
- Visit Tri-Cities actively connecting wine country tourism with soccer crowds; opportunities for high-end dining and winery tour packages
- Grape Connector and Wheat Line intercity bus routes link Tri-Cities to Yakima and Spokane, expanding the visitor catchment area
- Estimated Fan Zone cost of $150K signals serious local investment and event scale
Logistics
Tri-Cities is at the end of a long supply chain leg from the I-5 corridor. Plan inventory around the four confirmed event dates. Stock non-perishables deep and maintain buffer inventory on beverages.
HB 1515: Group C (Fan Zone) eligible
Official Fan Zone Portal→
Yakima
Sozo Sports Complex (2200 S 36th Ave)
Moderate-High
Restaurant Intelligence
- Sozo Sports Complex: state-of-the-art facility purpose-built for high-volume athletic events and fan activations
- Concurrent mega-programming: Yak Attack 5v5 tournament, Latin Summer Festival, and Hop Country Music Festival create layered demand throughout the window
- "Farm-to-Fan" is the opportunity here. The narrative of eating food where it is grown appeals directly to the experiential SUPER Tourist. Lean into agricultural identity and authentic local sourcing
- Grape Connector bus route links Yakima and Tri-Cities; I-82/I-90 crossroads position makes Yakima a natural waypoint for fans exploring Central and Eastern Washington
- Hot days, cool nights advisory: plan for heat, hydration, and shaded outdoor dining during daytime activations
Logistics
Yakima's agricultural supply chain runs strong, but imported beverage and specialty SKUs have longer lead times from western distribution centers. Coordinate early with Harbor TSC on tournament-window ordering cadence.
HB 1515: Group C (Fan Zone) eligible
Official Fan Zone Portal→
TEAM BASE CAMPS
Select a camp for restaurant intelligence
Different animal entirely. Fan Zones spike on match days and go quiet between them. Base Camps run hot for three straight weeks. A national team picks a city, moves in with coaches, medical staff, media, security, and a loyal tail of superfans who follow them everywhere. They all eat. Three meals a day, every day, for the entire group stage. Private dining, catering, athlete-grade nutrition, late-night press feeds. If one of these lands in your backyard, you're not dealing with event traffic. You've got a small economy living in your neighborhood. Teams haven't been assigned yet. Selections expected by March 2026. These are the confirmed and projected sites.
Confirmed / Projected Locations
Spokane: Pending
Gonzaga University
High
Venue and Lodging
- Practice facility: Gonzaga University athletic complex; FIFA-inspected pitch and training infrastructure
- Team lodging on or adjacent to campus; security perimeter expected around the residential zone for 3+ weeks during group stage
Base Camp Dynamics
- A base camp isn't a match venue. It's a 3-week residential anchor for one national team: players, coaching staff, medical team, federation officials, and a dedicated international media corps
- Fan followings travel to base camps to be near their team between matches. These are high-loyalty, high-spend visitors who eat out 3x/day for weeks, not hours
- Media contingent creates sustained weekday demand that most tourism events don't generate; press conferences and open training sessions draw daily crowds
- Spokane is 280 miles from Lumen Field. The assigned team's fans will treat Spokane as home and Seattle as the away trip, reversing the usual tourism flow for Eastern Washington
- Downtown Spokane restaurants near Riverfront Park will see the heaviest spillover; the Fan Zone and Base Camp will feed each other's foot traffic
Logistics
Specialized dietary supplies requested by team chefs may need to be air-freighted or trucked from Seattle specialty importers. Coordinate with Harbor TSC early on import lead times.
Renton: Pending
Sounders FC Center at Longacres
High
Venue and Lodging
- Practice facility: Sounders FC Center at Longacres; MLS-grade training complex with multiple pitches, recovery facilities, and broadcast-ready media areas
- Team lodging: Hyatt Regency Lake Washington in the Southport district; the surrounding area will effectively operate as a secured "bubble" for the duration of the team's stay
Base Camp Dynamics
- Renton is the most likely home for a top-tier seed or the USA team itself given the quality of the Sounders facility; plan for maximum media intensity and fan density
- The Southport/Landing corridor will become a daily gathering point for fans, media, and team-adjacent personnel; restaurants in this zone will see sustained multi-week demand, not single-day spikes
- Renton's "Legacy Square" downtown activation is designed to capture spillover; local restaurants along this corridor should prepare for walk-in international crowds seeking post-practice and post-press-conference dining
- Team managers and federation officials conduct business dinners nightly; this is a high-ticket, reservation-driven segment that values privacy, quality, and consistency
- Proximity to Lumen Field (15 min) means Renton will also absorb pre-match and post-match traffic from fans who can't find capacity in Seattle proper
Logistics
Southport security perimeter may restrict delivery access windows. Confirm routing with Renton city logistics coordinator. Expect elevated demand for premium and specialty ingredients tied to the assigned team's national cuisine.
Portland: Hosting Jordan
University of Portland / The Nines Hotel
Moderate-High
Team: Jordan — Operational Window: June 10–24
Match Schedule
Delegation Movement
- June 10–13: Delegation arrives, training begins at University of Portland.
- June 14–16: Team departs for San Francisco. Match day June 16.
- June 17–20: Full delegation returns. No match travel. Four consecutive days of peak concentration.
- June 21–22: Team departs for San Francisco. Match day June 22.
- June 23–24: Team returns to Portland. Group stage concludes.
Base Camp Dynamics
- PDX absorbs Sea-Tac overflow; fans, media, and personnel fly into Portland and drive north on I-5, adding corridor traffic independent of the Jordan camp itself
- California fan migration stages through Portland before entering Washington; operators from Kelso-Longview through Chehalis carry that northbound demand layer throughout the full window
Follower Fan Profile
- Jordanian fans travel in family and community groups. They prioritize casual, social dining with high table capacity. Estimated average daily spend: $250 per person.
- Halal compliance is the primary dining filter for this demographic. Operators who can verify Halal-certified preparation should make that visible. Operators who cannot should focus on media, general soccer fans, and corridor traffic.
Logistics
Portland-to-Seattle I-5 runs elevated June 11 through July 6. Centralia/Chehalis chokepoint adds 3-5 hours on match-day Fridays. Stock the corridor before the window opens. If Jordan advances past the group stage, the operational window extends accordingly.
Fan Zone Details
World Cup Tournament Patterns
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The projections on this map are not guesses, they are pattern recognition. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the sixth tournament since the event became a mass international travel phenomenon, and the data trail is consistent enough that every host region gets the same playbook handed to it four years in advance. The people who fly to watch the Cup are not a random cross-section of tourists. They are a defined demographic: wealthy, mobile, experience-hungry, already carrying the tournament in their passport stamps. They stay longer than other international visitors. They spend more per day. They spread across secondary markets in predictable patterns. They follow the same digital-payment behaviors, the same late-dining windows, the same dispersal to regional excursion destinations on non-match days.
Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018 are not edge cases. They are the two most recent large-region hosts with comparable corridor geography, and together they established the baseline for what happens when this demographic enters a market. What follows below is not what might happen in Washington. It is what already happened elsewhere, to operators in the same position as yours, when a tournament of this scale moved through their region.
The Saransk Effect - Russia 2018
18x
Saransk was the smallest host city in Russia 2018. Sberbank transaction data showed foreign spending increased 18-fold during the tournament. Not because the city had anything exceptional to offer. Because it was positioned between larger venues and became the lodging and dining overflow hub for mobile fans moving between matches. That is the secondary market dynamic. The Pacific Northwest has it on a much larger scale.
Source: Sberbank data via CABI Digital Library, FIFA World Cup 2018
Secondary Market Surge - Brazil 2014
+963%
Visa transaction data from Brazil 2014 showed international spending growth of +963% in Cuiaba, +851% in Natal, and +409% in Manaus - all secondary host cities, not the headline venues. The pattern is consistent: secondary markets outside the primary host city capture disproportionate percentage growth because fans spread across the region to avoid price-inflated primary city accommodation. That is the hub-and-spoke model in action.
Source: Visa Everywhere Travel Report, Brazil 2014 Group Stage Host Cities
Payment Behavior Shift - Russia 2018
45%
Contactless payments accounted for 45% of all host-city purchases during Russia 2018, rising to 54% inside stadiums. That was 2018. US contactless transaction share has since crossed 60% of face-to-face volume. International visitors arrive expecting tap-to-pay infrastructure. Operators without contactless terminals are not just slow - they are a friction point that costs revenue during the highest-volume windows of the tournament.
Source: Visa Investor Relations, 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia
The Displacement Risk - Brazil 2014
-2.3%
During Brazil 2014, domestic tourism shopping expenditure declined 2.3% as locals avoided congested areas and perceived price inflation. Operators who do not manage the transition risk filling their seats with high-dwell international visitors for 30 days while quietly losing their regular local base. International surge revenue is real. So is the cost of not managing displacement. Both require active decisions before June.
Source: Sustainable Brazil - Social and Economic Impacts of the 2014 World Cup
These figures are from prior host markets in different economic environments. They establish the pattern, not the precise outcome. The Pacific Northwest analog holds because the underlying mechanism is the same: mobile fans with extended stays, high daily spend, and gateway travel behavior spread across a regional corridor. The scale here is larger.
Methodology and Sources
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Directional estimates, not crystal balls. The map shows where and when pressure builds so you can plan inventory, staffing, and delivery windows before the stress arrives.
Transportation & Traffic
WSDOT Revive I-5 phase table and tournament window confirmation (all lanes open June 8 - July 10); WSDOT confirmed June 5-8 I-5 closure for pre-tournament restriping; WSDOT JBLM DDI project documentation (opened March 2026; 30-minute delay estimate through DuPont during tournament is a planning estimate, not a confirmed WSDOT projection); WSDOT US-2 Tumwater Canyon reopening (February 2026); Washington State Ferries capacity for Seattle-Bremerton, Edmonds-Kingston, and Port Angeles-Victoria routes; I-82 corridor congestion assessment for Yakima-to-Kennewick fan zone transit window
Visitor Volume & Behavior
May 2026 calibration note: headline visitor and economic impact figures below reflect a 20% conservative planning adjustment against original Visit Seattle and Oxford Economics projections, calibrated against current international demand signals from AHLA, CoStar, and Lighthouse Intelligence. Per-capita spending, behavioral anchors, and structural geography are not adjusted. 600,000 King County visitors and $745M economic impact: derived from primary confirmed Visit Seattle and King County projections (originally 750,000 and $929M) with 20% planning adjustment applied; 1.0-1.2M in-state touchpoints, tightened to approximately 1 million as the conservative anchor reflecting cohort exposure and Vancouver corridor risk: synthesized estimate; 6.5x Super Tourist spending multiplier vs. standard tourist: derived planning anchor (per-capita, not adjusted); $140-180/day F&B spend: derived planning anchor superseding Tourism Economics baseline (per-capita, not adjusted); CBP and BC Stats cross-border vehicle crossing data (36% personal vehicle decline 2025, strong directional); CBP ESTA authorization volume (strong directional)
Match Schedule & Demand Arc
Seattle match schedule: primary confirmed via SeattleFWC26 LOC; Vancouver BC match schedule: primary confirmed via Canada Soccer and FIFA United 2026; June 24-26 cross-border 72-hour peak: derived from overlapping match schedules, strong directional as a planning construct; California northbound fan migration pattern: strong directional based on Western Region circuit geography and group draw; 36% post-match F&B lift for walkable operators: Zartico, 94 events
Fan Zone and Base Camp Infrastructure
Nine fan zone locations: primary confirmed; Spokane fan zone at Gesa Pavilion, Riverfront Park: primary confirmed via Spokane city documentation; Tri-Cities fan zone at Gesa Stadium and Pasco Sporting Complex: primary confirmed via Washington Department of Commerce and LOC documentation; Renton (Sounders FC Performance Center and Hyatt Regency Lake Washington) and Spokane/Gonzaga TBC candidacies: strong directional, pending final LOC announcement expected March 2026; $100,000 Spokane TBC state appropriation vs. $1.7M UW appropriation: primary confirmed via Washington State legislature; SoDo overnight delivery window: planning estimate only, not confirmed by LOC or Harbor distribution team
Eastern Washington Intelligence
Tree fruit harvest calendar overlap (cherries mid-June through mid-July, apricots late June through mid-July, early apples early July): primary confirmed via Washington State Department of Agriculture; Transit expansion funding - Wheat Line (Spokane to Tri-Cities to Amtrak, $1.8M), Owl Line extension (Seattle to Spokane, $1.85M shared), Grape Connector extension (Yakima to Tri-Cities, $1.85M shared), Apple Line expansion (North Central WA, federal 5311f): primary confirmed via WSDOT and FTA documentation; 15-25% Yakima Valley visitor volume increase: directional only, population-share modeling; Eastern Washington distributor prioritization risk: directional, based on distribution network geography; Walla Walla, Lake Chelan, Columbia River Gorge capture market analysis: directional based on tourism pattern analysis
Supply Chain & Delivery
June 5-8 I-5 closure as supply chain hard deadline: primary confirmed via WSDOT; I-82 elevated delivery transit times during tournament window: planning estimate based on current construction impact data; Harbor delivery corridor planning: Harbor internal distribution data; Chehalis Valley economic output loss reference ($47.07M, 2007 flood): Washington State Department of Commerce; Eastern Washington front-load inventory recommendation: derived from distributor prioritization risk and corridor congestion modeling
This is a planning tool, not a forecast. Match outcomes, weather, transit failures, and supply chain variables will shift actual conditions. Use this to time your preparation and build your inventory strategy. Do not use it to make decisions on game day.
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