This week, the Seattle City Council gave Nickelsville a move-out deadline of Sept. 1. Mayor Mike McGinn’s office has responded that, given the failure of the Council to pass legislation to enable an alternative site, they would enforce the deadline and help move willing Nickelodeons inside.
I don’t know what happens next, but if the past four years are any indication, my bet is on Nickelsville.
Getting 40 or 50 or 100 people indoors is a great thing, and every one of those people, I’m sure, deserves a lucky break, but it’s not going to mean the need goes away. ...