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June 10, 2025
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Microsoft Pulling Major Conference Out of Seattle Due to Rampant Homelessness and Open-Air Drug Use


Public policies have consequences. Microsoft is pulling their major โ€˜Buildโ€™ conference out of Seattle because their members are tired of tripping over homeless people and junkies.

So now the city will lose a major source of revenue because they refuse to enforce laws and keep the city clean and inviting.

Think of all the working people in the city who are going to lose wages and tips because the leaders place more value on the dregs of society who contribute nothing of value.

From the Post Millennial:

According to an internal email obtained by journalist Jonathan Choe of the Discovery Institute, Visit Seattleโ€”the cityโ€™s official tourism and marketing organizationโ€”was informed that Microsoft will cancel its 2026 event and release all future holds for the conference in Seattle. The email, titled โ€œDEFINITE BOOKING CANCELLATION NOTICE,โ€ said the decision was heavily influenced by the experience of company leadership and attendees walking the downtown core between the Hyatt Regency and the Arch Building on 8th Street.

โ€œThe customers cited the general uncleanliness of the street scene, visibility of individuals engaging in drug use, and unhoused individuals, including the recurring tent in the Arch Tunnel,โ€ the email stated. โ€œMicrosoft has previously addressed these concerns and Visit Seattle has been working actively with SPD, DSA [Downtown Seattle Association], the Care team, and othersโ€ฆ Unfortunately for Build, it was a contributing factor to their final decision to move out of Seattle.โ€

Microsoftโ€™s Build conference has long served as a showcase of Seattleโ€™s innovation and global tech prominence. It typically brings in thousands of developers and tech insiders from around the world and has been a signature event for the cityโ€™s economy. Its departure is a major blow to Seattleโ€™s struggling tourism and convention business, especially as downtown continues to battle the aftermath of the pandemic, rising crime, and a homelessness crisis that city officials have so far failed to contain.

This is terrible news for the working, law abiding people of Seattle, but the people who run their city just donโ€™t care about them. They care more about the rights of the homeless junkies camping on the sidewalks.

The post Microsoft Pulling Major Conference Out of Seattle Due to Rampant Homelessness and Open-Air Drug Use appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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