The boom is returning to Boom City in Tulalip despite concerns over COVID-19, with fireworks stands opening for business on Friday.
Some vendors were unloading boxes of fireworks by the pallet-load on Monday and putting them in their storage trailers. Others were simply checking out their stands and getting ready to move in. Boom City was going to be a bust just a few weeks ago when the decision was made to cancel the fireworks sales because of the coronavirus.
Alex Jimenez runs a stand called “Shadow of Destruction.” He did not want to cancel Boom City.
“Everyone wanted to gather and do a petition and get our board of directors to hopefully change their minds and figure out what to do to come up with a plan to make it safe, not only for ourselves but for the public as well,” he said.
With Snohomish County in Phase 2, the Tulalip Tribe decided to allow the fireworks sales and the firing of fireworks on the property.