Pioneer Square businesses score big after first Seattle World Cup match 49%
By Cornelius Hocker43%
6/16/2026, 10:40:46 PM
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As the city of Seattle prepared for FIFA World Cup 2026, one big question persisted: Will businesses make money off this quadrennial event that may or may not ever come back to the city?
After Monday’s game, employees at restaurants, bars, even a wine shop told KUOW that question, for them at least, has been answered.
"It was jam-packed in here with people — like nonstop,” said Sam Kash, a barista a Café Umbria.
"We probably got like three or four times the amount of orders than we usually do in a day."
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Tiffani Fujita, a server at Locus Wines nearby, shared similar observations.
“It's been great for sure,” she said.
“Normally on a Monday, it would not be very busy and it was definitely very busy yesterday.”
A few doors down at Daralinko’s, bar manager Mikey Clarit said his establishment went into the World Cup with high hopes — and it paid off.
“It's hitting what we anticipated.
We're running the beer garden also.
We have our Alaska Airlines buyout (seating area) for five of the six games.
Mentally, we were prepared for what's happening.”
“It’s a vibe,” Clarit added.
“Come down and check it out.”
This news of Pioneer Square businesses’ good fortune isn’t surprising.
Thousands of soccer — or football, depending who you ask — fans packed Seattle’s oldest neighborhood to watch the match between Belgium and Egypt on Monday.
Those working in the area believe it’s a good indicator of how Friday’s game between the USA and Australia will go.
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“We're bracing for Friday…we think it’s going to be insanity,” Fujita said.
Gantry Public House is a block down from the big, viewing screen in Occidental Square.
The restaurant hasn’t even been open for a week.
One of the owners, Nathan Son, told KUOW he thought the crowds would have been bigger on Monday.
However, he too has a lot of anticipation for Friday.
“There is a USA game on Friday and it's Juneteenth.
So, we're expecting that to be insane.
That's going to be the game for Seattle.
[I’m] assuming it's going to bring out everybody,” Son said.
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