A good move. Downtown is the heart of the metro area, and this will help to make the Pride festival a wider regional event. As noted above, several neighborhoods in the city have had a significant gay population for years. Goodness knows Indian Village and the West Village have for more than 50 years. And so, if nothing else, a return to the city is a return to the historical roots of the SE Michigan's gay community. Going all the way back to when the eastern part of downtown and the riverfront were the largely secret haven for the gay people of earlier eras.