<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Bonds on Convention City Almanac</title><link>https://almanac.conventioncityseattle.com/tags/bonds/</link><description>Recent content in Bonds on Convention City Almanac</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><copyright>© 2026 Ivan Schneider · &lt;a href="https://conventioncityseattle.com/"&gt;Convention City Seattle&lt;/a&gt; · Licensed under &lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"&gt;CC BY 4.0&lt;/a&gt;</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://almanac.conventioncityseattle.com/tags/bonds/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Finance</title><link>https://almanac.conventioncityseattle.com/cities/seattle/finance/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://almanac.conventioncityseattle.com/cities/seattle/finance/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="seattle-finance"&gt;Seattle: Finance&lt;a class="anchor" href="#seattle-finance"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Audited financials, bond documents, lodging tax, and reserve status for the WSCC Public Facilities District.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Primary sources:&lt;/strong&gt; Moss Adams LLP audited financial statements (&lt;a href="https://seattlecc.com/governance/financial-reports/"&gt;seattlecc.com/governance/financial-reports/&lt;/a&gt;), bond official statements from &lt;a href="https://emma.msrb.org/"&gt;EMMA&lt;/a&gt;, PFD board meeting minutes (2018–2025).&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h2 id="operating-performance"&gt;Operating Performance&lt;a class="anchor" href="#operating-performance"&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;FY2024 audited (Moss Adams, May 16, 2025). FY2025 unaudited (PSBJ report, March 26, 2026).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 &lt;th&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
 &lt;th&gt;FY2023&lt;/th&gt;
 &lt;th&gt;FY2024&lt;/th&gt;
 &lt;th&gt;FY2025 (unaudited)&lt;/th&gt;
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 &lt;td&gt;Operating revenue&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;$47.1M&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;$58.6M&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;$66.5M&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Operating expenses&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;$120.2M&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;$128.0M&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;~$65.1M (claimed)&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Operating income (GAAP)&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;-$73.1M&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;-$69.4M&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;+$1.4M (claimed)&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;Depreciation (included above)&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;~$52M&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;$52.9M&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;td&gt;?&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The $70.8M gap between FY2024&amp;rsquo;s -$69.4M GAAP loss and FY2025&amp;rsquo;s claimed +$1.4M income warrants examination when the FY2025 audit is released (expected October 2026).&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>