SEATTLE — Seattle is preparing for a sports weekend that the city has not experienced in years.

Mariners, Seahawks, and Sounders fans will all be heading downtown. King County Metro, Sound Transit, and SDOT say they are ready. Longtime Mariners fan Al Sanders, who is also helping plan the response, says this is exactly the kind of challenge he enjoys.

He was in the stands in 1995 when the Mariners made their first divisional playoff appearance.

“I was here for the first game in the Kingdome when they played the Yankees and all the years of frustration,” said Al Sanders. “It’s great to be a Mariners fan right now.”

But this weekend, his job isn’t just cheering; it’s moving tens of thousands of fans through downtown.

“We’ve had large crowds here and as well as playoff games for the Seah

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