Overlook Walk's popularity sends visitor foot traffic soaring

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

It was a safe bet that Overlook Walk would draw hordes of people. On Tuesday, the Downtown Seattle Association released the early numbers.

Nearly 50,000 people visited during the first seven days after the Oct. 4 opening of Overlook Walk, which bridges the cliff-like space between Pike Place Market the new Waterfront Park. That's a 142% increase for the area over 2019's weekly average, according to DSA, which uses geolocation data from Placer.ai.

DSA President and CEO Jon Scholes called Overlook Walk "a game-changer for downtown and the pedestrian experience between Pike Place Market and the waterfront."

DSA released other data points that indicate some metrics, such as hotel rooms sold and overall visitors, matched September 2019 numbers. But the number of Seattleites coming downtown to visit continued to lag, as did the average number of weekday workers.

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2024/10/16/overlook-walk-sends-seattle-visitor-foot-traffic.html

[LisaM]

1. Because they closed the Convention Place stop and Westlake is unpleasant.

Really, it doesn't take rocket science to figure it out. There is zero convenient transit to the waterfront.