For the fourth time in its storied 33-year history, World Championship Punkin Chunkin will change locations, but for the first time, it will be packing up the entertainment and leaving the state of Delaware in the hopes of finding greener pastures to splatter with pumpkin pieces in Village of Rantoul, Illinois.

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Officials said in their announcement that a vote taken among members--with 75% participating in the vote--resulted in a 70% vote in the affirmative to leave Sussex County.

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The event will be hosted now at the former Chanute Air Force Base, which was acquired by Rantoul when the base shut down in 1993. It will be held November 1st through 3rd, 2019.

The event has faced difficulties in Delaware in recent years, the fun of experiencing catapults, trebuchets, and cannons tossing pumpkins across swaths of empty land marred by ever-tightening restrictions in part due to a slew of recent serious injuries. The Science Channel pulled its funding of the event as a main sponsor following a woman suffering critical injuries in an explosion in 2016.