About 40 Chinatown-International District (CID) advocates, small business owners, and senior residents marched to the main entrance of Seattle Stadium (Lumen Field) on July 6, waving signs and distributing neighborhood guides to soccer fans streaming toward the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 16 match between the United States and Belgium—a peaceful, 33-minute demonstration that voiced a stark economic divide separating Seattle’s two closest stadium neighborhoods.
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