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Rising 14 stories above downtown,

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this is billed as North America's

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First Vertical Convention Center.

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It's striking

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design of steel, glass

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and wood is eye catching.

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But the amenities inside are

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what's most impressive.

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Here are a few numbers that highlight this

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new $2 billion facility.

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It has more than

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570,000 square feet of event space,

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more than doubling the capacity

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of the convention center

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when you factor in the original building.

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There's a 58,000 square foot ballroom,

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62 meeting rooms,

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and two gigantic exhibit halls.

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One, you can drive a tractor

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trailer into.

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Joining me

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now is the president

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and CEO Jeff Blosser,

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who is the man behind this vision.

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Thank you for being here.

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Thank you very much.

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Jeff, can you please clear up

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any confusion about this building?

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Does this one replace

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the existing convention center?

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It doesn't.

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It's an additional facility for us.

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that is really because we didn't

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have enough dates and space

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in the Arch building.

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So building the Summit facility

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really gives us the opportunity

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now to book things simultaneously

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or book things

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in a move in a move out scenario,

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which really

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then opens up our ability

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to be able

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to bring more people to Seattle.

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Can you go over the names

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of the buildings again?

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They have different names, don't they?

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We went from the Washington

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State Convention Center

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to the Seattle Convention Center,

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and we wanted to make sure

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that the campus had the ability

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for people to understand

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which building they needed to go to

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because they're not connected.

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So being able to do that,

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we use the SkyBridge as the Arch,

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if you will, for the current building,

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and then the hill climb

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as the Summit for the new building

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and a really loud stand to be able

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to make sure that people understand.

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I got to go to the Summit

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for this meeting.

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I got to go to Arch for this convention.

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So it really helped us do that.

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Now that the convention center space

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has nearly doubled in Seattle,

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actually more than doubled,

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what does it mean for our city?

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It really means

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a couple of different things.

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One is, like I said, it

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really helps us with the types of events

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that we can do now

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that we couldn't do before.

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or if they want to have additional space

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or they may want to co-locate

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with somebody else,

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and then and groups will do that

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so that they can broaden

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their perspective and their attendees.

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with the two buildings to be able

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to do those for them, either get bigger

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or have multiple events.

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tell us about the new vertical design.

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at an urban setting

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that the convention center

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is set in a way

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that allows for people to enjoy the city,

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enjoy all that the city has to offer,

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whether that's restaurants

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like Pike Place Market,

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you really got to be downtown

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and the only way to do that

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anymore is really to build it

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to get the space that we needed,

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it really had to go vertical.

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who's our architects,

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did an excellent job of being able

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to put this in the downtown

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core in the heart of the city

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and then go with the space vertically,

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that gives us all the opportunities

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in the space

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that we need to be successful.

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Is there a long waitlist?

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people want to make sure

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that everything is ready to go for them.

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So we're getting a lot of interest

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both locally

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for the availability

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of the Summit building,

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but also just to come to Seattle.

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where we really wanted to offer

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don't have the space and dates.

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and then you get people

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Which Is better for the city

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and best for the economy. Right.

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I know there are too many to list,

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but tell me about

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some of your favorite features

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of this convention center.

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I really like the entrance

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to the building that you see here,

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which really gives us the ability to have

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the public to come in to our

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where our retail core is going to be

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and then the convention center itself.

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And so we had those opportunities.

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There's lots of issues in here

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in this whole building

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about everything that we've done

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from a sustainability standpoint.

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that you see came

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from the old Honda building that we

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that was built in 1930.

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and we put that in different

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places of the building.

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a spectacular location

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for people to plug in,

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take a load off, network,

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whatever they would like to do.

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which we'll see, is just spectacular.

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And I think those are the kinds of things

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that really make some sense

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for us in terms of what people will see

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in the building.

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every corner of this building,

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you can see a different location

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of downtown Seattle,

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which makes it very,

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very special and very, very different

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than most convention centers.

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the atriums that are here

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allow you to see all the way

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up to the building

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and down to the exhibit

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hall, which is really something

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that's very special

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and not around

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any other convention center.

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that nobody else has

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and we can showcase those.

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Jeff, thank you for agreeing to help us

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lead a tour today.

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We've now moved upstairs

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they're still putting on

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some of the finishing touches.

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this is a large room.

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Tell me what it can be used for.

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so that we have that ability to be able

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to put in a large plenary session

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for like 4000 people

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or sit down dinner for 3500.

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into three different rooms

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so that you can use it

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for all different things.

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It could be a whole different set

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in each of those three rooms.

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So lots of lobby space

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to be able to function with that way.

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meeting planner

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to do in this ballroom.

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one with the story behind it.

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So 3900 plus planks in the ceiling.

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as they're called, wormwood.

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of being able to use wood, recycled wood,

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and then also the lighting,

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how the lighting system

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bounces off of the wood in the building

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with different colored

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lights and capabilities.

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especially, but

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it's spectacular for any event.

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And as people may not know

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from behind the scenes,

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this is a very eco friendly building.

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It is LEED certified. It is.

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there. We have solar panels on the roof.

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We are we buy local with all of our food.

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We compost everything. We are

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diversion rate for our our trash as well.

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that we had the ability

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to have an eco friendly building,

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one that's going to have

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a sustainable operation

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and be very northwest.

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to accomplish that. Thank you, Jeff.

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We're moving on to one more spot,

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to the Seattle Convention Center

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is the hill climb staircase.

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And Jeff, what an amazing view.

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Money shot right here, don't you think?

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how this building interacts

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here allows for people to come out

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space and network plug in

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if they want to, enjoy the sun

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like we have today.

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that people could get together

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as well as the views.

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you can see First Hill and

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Capitol Hill here.

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It really showcases the city

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and that's really exactly what we wanted

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to do with this space.

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And that's part of the reason

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for the name.

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It is.

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So you climb up to the summit

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and you get the best view in town.

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So we really wanted to showcase that

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and then we call it that as well.

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Yeah, that's a great idea.

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So you've had a lot

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of events here already

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and you have a lot more coming through.

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Can you tell us about them? Sure.

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We had Comic-Con,

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which is everybody's favorite way.

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If you get a chance

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to see people here in costume.

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And the building really

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did really well with them.

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We have SHAPE coming up with

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Physical Education Group.

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We have a Microsoft event

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called BUILD coming up as well.

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We have six conventions in April and May.

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We're really excited

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about those opportunities

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to have those events

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here in the Summit building.

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54,000 folks coming in to downtown

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core is exactly what we're supposed to do

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and to help the city.

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Yeah. And exactly.

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You're quoted as saying

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this could be a catalyst

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to help reinvigorate

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the entire downtown core.

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Why is that?

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if we can put more people on the street

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and we can get more people

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to come to downtown,

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they activate the shops,

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they activate retail,

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they activate the hotels.

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And I think it really helps

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with the whole safety issue as well.

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So we want to do our part,

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if we can, with the city to make sure

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that we can bring people to downtown.

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Jeff Blosser,

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president and CEO

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of the Seattle Convention Center,

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I just want to thank you for helping

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give this tour

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and for being with us today.

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You're welcome.