PSA: Get to the Gates Early

JJacket said:
If the Alcorn State game is close, we are all gonna need tampons
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We barely snuck by Wofford and Tulane before gutting it out against VT in 2014. The rest of that season was pretty magical. I'd prefer having to fight the first couple games than getting a shock to the system heading into league play.
 
I'm intrigued by the changes they mentioned on the east side, basically extending "in the stadium" out into Techwood (presumably a fenced-in area that's past a relocated ticket checkpoint) to reduce crowding and provide room for more concessions. That actually seems like a good idea, and I think I've seen that at other old stadiums like Fenway before.

I'm mildly annoyed about not being able to bring in water or snack food anymore, but I'll get over it. The concession discount is OK, assuming it's actually useful on stuff besides pretzels and that the concession workers know how to deal with it.

I'm willing to withhold judgement for the new changes until after a couple of games, but let's say that I'm cautiously optimistic at best.

JRjr
 
Look, I never cared to bring anything into the game. But I feel like these policies, along with noon kicks all year, will severely hurt attendance. It doesn't seem like a logical place to bring your children if you have more than 1, with the restrictions to what you can bring in.

It isn't crazy that you can't bring snacks or drinks into the stadium, but why was the previous clear bag rule changed?
 
gtrower said:
Sometimes I wonder what the hell yall are trying to take into the game to complain this much. Eat at the tailgate. Put on your sunscreen beforehand. Buy a god damn coke when you get inside. And date a girl with big enough tits to sneak a flask in.
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words to live by :bigthumbup:
 
southendzoneBEE said:
Look, I never cared to bring anything into the game. But I feel like these policies, along with noon kicks all year, will severely hurt attendance. It doesn't seem like a logical place to bring your children if you have more than 1, with the restrictions to what you can bring in.

It isn't crazy that you can't bring snacks or drinks into the stadium, but why was the previous clear bag rule changed?
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It was changed because Stansbury is GT Police's boy. Instead of telling them how it was going to be, they informed him of the dangers of potato chips
 
Yukonwreck said:
None of us know the constraints that all big event managers are under these days. A sporting event is the optimum soft target for the bad guys.
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Fortunately the group of thousands of people crowded closely together waiting to get in right before a widely publicized kickoff time is the worst possible target for the bad guys.

And if the impossible did happen and someone was able to attack that, he would surely have a difficult time getting away, given that they are out in the open and all. So at least it would be easier to catch him than if he was stuck inside the stadium with a bunch of people surrounding him.
 
andrew said:
Fortunately the group of thousands of people crowded closely together waiting to get in right before a widely publicized kickoff time is the worst possible target for the bad guys.

And if the impossible did happen and someone was able to attack that, he would surely have a difficult time getting away, given that they are out in the open and all. So at least it would be easier to catch him than if he was stuck inside the stadium with a bunch of people surrounding him.
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I don't disagree at all. But Stansbury is not the culprit. Homeland Security, FBI, Atlanta police. Everybody has input these days. I've been queued up at Hartsfield with 1500 others imagining the bad guys bursting on the scene. It's a natural killing field before you get to the security check.
 
Yukonwreck said:
I don't disagree at all. But Stansbury is not the culprit. Homeland Security, FBI, Atlanta police. Everybody has input these days. I've been queued up at Hartsfield with 1500 others imagining the bad guys bursting on the scene. It's a natural killing field before you get to the security check.
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but you’re safe because you have an empty water bottle in a clear bag!!!
 
Yukonwreck said:
I don't disagree at all. But Stansbury is not the culprit. Homeland Security, FBI, Atlanta police. Everybody has input these days. I've been queued up at Hartsfield with 1500 others imagining the bad guys bursting on the scene. It's a natural killing field before you get to the security check.
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Oh bullshit
 
It’s a brave new world when you’re paralyzed by fear.

In reality it’s a pragmatic measure against being sued out of existence. Thanks lawyers!
 
Yukonwreck said:
I don't disagree at all. But Stansbury is not the culprit. Homeland Security, FBI, Atlanta police. Everybody has input these days. I've been queued up at Hartsfield with 1500 others imagining the bad guys bursting on the scene. It's a natural killing field before you get to the security check.
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Other sports teams are not implementing the same restrictions. Explain that.
 
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