> For the amount you would save in a few years of paying for the > Seattle Center you could buy a permanent site. Northwest Folklife does not pay for the use of Seattle Center. The City of Seattle donates the space and the wages of the Seattle Center employees who work that weekend (including sound operators, ushers in the Opera House and many other less visible folks). Folklife does pay the city for rent on its year-round offices, but it's well below market rate.
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