Seattle is ramping up preparations for Major League Baseball's All-Star Week, which begins Friday and will take place at the Seattle Mariners' T-Mobile Park.
This will be the third time Seattle has hosted the festivities, which are expected to draw more than 100,000 people and generate at least $50 million in economic impact.
To ensure a positive impression, Seattle has been removing litter and graffiti from streets around the stadiums, as well as downtown and in the Chinatown-International District, deputy mayor Greg Wong told Axios.
Wong said the city doesn't have an estimate for the work but noted that it will be covered many times over by the tax revenue generated from tourism.
"We're talking about being the focus of the baseball world, not just locally and nationally, but internationally for the course of four days," Wong said.
Wong said Seattle has not removed homeless encampments specifically for the All-Star events but rather has increased cleanups over the past year as part of the mayor's broader homelessness strategy.
