Watertown Kicks Ash

Watertown Kicks Ash

Hot Spot Becomes Seattle's First and Only 21-and-Over Dance Club to Go Smoke-Free Tomorrow

SEATTLE, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The dance floor always fills, but tomorrow the room is being cleared ... of smoke, that is. Popular dance club Watertown is saying enough to the puff by turning into a smoke-free establishment. A celebration is planned that tomorrow evening beginning at 5 p.m. (DJ announcement at 10 p.m.) to kick off the club's new, permanent smoke-free status. This is the first dance club in Seattle believed to make the move to non-smoking.

General Manager Patrick Haight felt the time was right to make Watertown a smoke-free dance club.

"It's not just about the smell of smoke on clothing and hair, it's a health concern for many," Haight said. "The need for a smoke free dance venue was clear; we want everyone who comes in to have a good time and not be turned off by second-hand smoke."

Roger Valdez, tobacco prevention manager for Public Health Seattle King County, concurs.

"Making the choice to be a smoke free night club is a gutsy move, but more and more bars and clubs we work with are doing it; They are finding out it's not such a bold move after all, because being smoke free fits the healthy lifestyle choices people are making in this community, such as exercising more, driving less and quitting smoking."

Watertown, with its full bar service and cushy booth seating, has been a Seattle dance club staple for more than five years. A new 80s and 90s "old school" DJ dance format (Fridays) will start on the Aug. 5 "ash kicking." Saturdays will now bring a top 40 and hip hop dance format.

Find Watertown at 106 1st Ave North near Seattle Center; 206-284-5003 Opens at 5 p.m. on Friday and 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and Saturday. DJs start at 10 p.m. each Friday and Saturday. Cover charge/admission: Friday $5; Saturday $10, ladies get in free until 11 p.m. both nights. Special privileges apply to groups of eight or more. More at www.watertownbar.com

To obtain information on smoke free initiatives/venues in Seattle and King County, contact Valdez at 206-369-7478 or visit www.smokefreeseattle.org and tobaccoprevention.org. For media inquiries on Watertown, contact Heidi Witherspoon at 206-838-8977.

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Source: Watertown

CONTACT: Heidi Witherspoon of Tamara Wilson Public Relations,
+1-206-838-8977, or heidiw@tamarawilson.com

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