People attending Bumbershoot this year will notice some big changes this year.
The three-day music and arts festival at Seattle Center will no longer allow you to leave and come back.
A spokesman for AEG, which puts on the Labor Day weekend festival, told KIRO 7 it’s all in the name of safety. And no re-entry isn’t the only big security change this year.
The changes are not widely publicized. You can find the no re-entry mention under the "Getting In/Tickets" subheading under the FAQs.
KIRO 7 talked to people at Seattle Center Friday who don’t love the idea.
“I don't think it's a good change,” Eugene Calinan said. “You pay the money to get in you should be able to go outside, hang out with your friends, and go back inside and listen to music.”
The AEG representative told KIRO 7 the no re-entry policy is all in the name of safety and security. He said the company also is adding metal detectors at all entrances this year. And it is making a number of other security upgrades he didn't want publicized. He said this is just the world we live in now.
“It's a fine line with upping safety to keep up with the times,” Carmen Orange said. “It's a shame you have to do that.”
Bumbershoot isn't alone with the no re-entry policy. Signs on Key Arena clearly spell out the same policy. And Safeco Field implemented a similar policy for Mariners games this year.
The AEG representative for Bumbershoot emphasized the company has received no specific security threat.
Don Ferris has been to Bumbershoot four times and told KIRO 7 he likes the idea of metal detectors.
“I think it's good,” Ferris said. “Keeps kids safer.”
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