New York's 'Pride Island' Reopened After Wild Weather Shuts Down Music Concert
NYC PRIDE
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- "Pride Island" has been reopened after a sudden evacuation due to severe weather that moved across the New York City area Saturday afternoon.
Pride Island is now re-opened! Set times for the remainder of tonight's show:@pabllovittar - 7:00pm@TEYANATAYLOR Taylor - 8:00pm
— New York City Pride (@NYCPride) June 29, 2019
Grace Jones- 9:00pm#worldpridenyc #stonewall50
The NYPD's Midtown North precinct tweeted out the announcement just after 5 p.m., saying that the World Pride venue at Pier 97 near 59th Street and the West Side Highway was being cleared out due to the risk of lightning strikes to spectators.
.@NYCPride #PrideIsland is currently in the process of being evacuated due to severe weather, stay tuned for updates regarding re-entry. pic.twitter.com/G8miieGikV
— NYPD Midtown North (@NYPDMTN) June 29, 2019
Due to Lighting in the vicinity, Pride Island on Pier 97 and Youth Pride in Central Park have been evacuated. Should the weather clear, Pride Island will re-open, and re-entries will be granted. Standby for details #worldpridenyc #Stonewall50 #notifynyc
— New York City Pride (@NYCPride) June 29, 2019
The area was been jammed packed all afternoon Saturday with live music, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn uprising in New York City. CBS2's Reena Roy spoke to many fans who had traveled across the country to enjoy the World Pride event.
"It does suck because we traveled all the way from Chicago and Portland and now we're bring told to go home and it's like I did not travel 700 miles to be told to go back," Misael Sanders-Estrada said while waiting for the storm to clear.
#WorldPrideNYC @kimpetras just hit the Pride Island stage! pic.twitter.com/W7AMOVQ603
— New York City Pride (@NYCPride) June 29, 2019
Pride Island also continues on Sunday with even more performers including Madonna. She'll be one of the big acts as millions gather for the annual pride march through Manhattan's west side.