This is devastating, not just for computer geeks in Seattle, but all over the world. The LCM was one of a kind.
I organize an annual developer conference [1], and one of the highlights of my life was renting this place out and inviting ~400 fellow devs to spend the night playing with mainframes & vintage PCs [2] and signing karaoke.
I was at that cascadia conference and getting to visit LCM was the most amazing and unexpected treat I could have ever imagined. It was an entire evening of geeked out bliss. I can't thank you enough for making that happen. The talks were all great but this for me was the highlight of the conference.