Guess they decided not to take my advice.

SEATTLE - The organizers of the Seattle Pride Festival have announced they will move this year’s event from its traditional Volunteer Park setting to the Seattle Center. Seattle Pride decided to move the event because of the amazing growth of the Festival, which is creating safety issues and adversely affecting the Capitol Hill neighborhood.

The decision to move the Festival was made after numerous public meetings. The vote was conducted this week to include the incoming board members, allowing them to have a voice in this decision.

"While recognizing the Hill as the traditionally "queer center" of Seattle, crowd size and safety demand a move to a larger site," said Seattle Pride Board Member Dale Kershner. "We would love to collaborate to stage an event on the Hill during the weekend of Pride to commemorate that history, but the bulk of the Festival will happen at the Center," he said.

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