First off, I totally undestand the ban on food, alcohol, etc from the gates. It is in the interest of ANY event's sponsors to encourage the use of the concessions and I know on my part I did abuse the privalege a little over the years. I was very grateful that RARA saw the light at the last minute and let water in.
I had an observation. On Wednesday and Thursday I was'nt even checked. Friday I was, and allowed in with my water. Saturday I had to surrender my water as no liquid was allowed. My son came in later and brought in the water. On Sunday I was in line with a very large person in front of me who basically told the dude checking his bag where to stick his rules, and was let in with the soda and food he had. I was waved thru without a check at that point.
Just seemed to me a little inconsistant. If it is for security there should be no exceptions.
The question I was hoping someone here could answer, as nobody on-site at Stead could, was what did they do with the mountain of food and drink that was confiscated? By Saturday afternoon it was the size of a truck. Was it destroyed?
A lot of it was unopened, packaged goods that could have been re-used or donated. I know of several groups, including my son's masonic youth group, that would have been happy to sort thru it and donate the useable stuff to one of several shelters or food lockers.
NOT bashing RARA, just honestly trying to have something good come of this.
I had an observation. On Wednesday and Thursday I was'nt even checked. Friday I was, and allowed in with my water. Saturday I had to surrender my water as no liquid was allowed. My son came in later and brought in the water. On Sunday I was in line with a very large person in front of me who basically told the dude checking his bag where to stick his rules, and was let in with the soda and food he had. I was waved thru without a check at that point.
Just seemed to me a little inconsistant. If it is for security there should be no exceptions.
The question I was hoping someone here could answer, as nobody on-site at Stead could, was what did they do with the mountain of food and drink that was confiscated? By Saturday afternoon it was the size of a truck. Was it destroyed?
A lot of it was unopened, packaged goods that could have been re-used or donated. I know of several groups, including my son's masonic youth group, that would have been happy to sort thru it and donate the useable stuff to one of several shelters or food lockers.
NOT bashing RARA, just honestly trying to have something good come of this.
). Not much in the way of lines, and the security dudes just looked in my backpack (I showed them the bag with the water bottles in it) and waved me on through. Saturday was at the mid gate by the pit gate, and Sunday was the main gate by Section 3.
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