Drinking in Public Fine (Camden Show) $533 Unreal!!!

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  • florence151
    florence151 Posts: 597
    I will not comment on your situation but...
    We skipped Camden this tour. We will also skip Camden in the future.
    Hold On
  • panthergirl
    panthergirl Posts: 469
    this is sort of related...

    and i haven't seen anything about it on the board...

    but at MSG2... there was a really nice guy sitting next to me
    who had been sitting near me at two previous shows (west palm and tampa)
    we chatted a bit and about half-way thu the show he sat down for a moment to smoke a bit of pot...
    there was this HORRIBLE, RUDE security guard who saw him
    and came into our row and physically removed him from his seat
    and I imagine, the venue.

    it was really upsetting.

    yeah, he shouldn;t have been smoking.... but c'mon!! could he not have warned him and taken it away or something??
    i've been going to concerts for 25 years (eek!) and this is the first time i've seen this happen.

    the guard was such a jerk.. the whole nite he was watching people's feet, making sure those on the aisle seats on the floor didn;t step over the pink taped line on the floor....
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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    hopefully the band will one day realize how bad Camden and the venue suck ass


    move it to philly boys, it is way past due to abandon that shit hole. we all HATE it :)
  • pjroo3
    pjroo3 Posts: 61
    my2hands wrote:
    hopefully the band will one day realize how bad Camden and the venue suck ass


    move it to philly boys, it is way past due to abandon that shit hole. we all HATE it :)

    I have to say... I will NEVER return to that city to see Pearl Jam again or any other band for that matter. I have a really sour taste in my mouth for that city now. I always thought it was called tailgating. Not "Drinking in Public"

    Wonder if the news stations around here would be interested in this story? Or would that just be a waste of time?
  • pjroo3
    pjroo3 Posts: 61
    I really wish they would "Sticky" this thread. Maybe by some stroke of luck, someone from the band would hear about it and decide to cross over the bridge to Philly from now on.

    There were two ladies that were accepting payment at 2 seperate windows. I actually heard one of them say to the other "It's a shame... Nobody will ever want to come back to see a show here again".
  • mookieblalock
    mookieblalock Posts: 3,570
    Just add it to

    Mansfield
    Hartford

    This is just becoming the way of the new world unfortunately (as is with other ways of life). I cringe at what our freedom looks like in another 5 years.
  • jimbojones1138
    jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    my2hands wrote:
    hopefully the band will one day realize how bad Camden and the venue suck ass


    move it to philly boys, it is way past due to abandon that shit hole. we all HATE it :)

    ...some of the best pearl jam shows i have seen were in camden
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • voodoopug
    voodoopug Posts: 1,011
    IMO, seeing as all inside venues are completely non smoking (such as MSG)...if you are dumb enough to light up at your seat, you deserve what is coming to you.
    There's Pearl Jam, The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Robert Johnson......and then everybody else.
  • jackwvuu
    jackwvuu Posts: 42
    it seemed to me like the cops were writing tickets to people who were drinking out of the designated spots, like the aquarium parking lots and of course as they were walking from campbell's field to the e-center....saw lots of people stopped by cops
  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    jackwvu wrote:
    it seemed to me like the cops were writing tickets to people who were drinking out of the designated spots, like the aquarium parking lots and of course as they were walking from campbell's field to the e-center....saw lots of people stopped by cops

    Ok - that explains things better. The main lots were full of people tail gating and having a good time with the cops being across the street and not caring. The aquarium lots are technically family lots and walking with an open container on the streets is illegal pretty much anywhere except New Orleans.
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  • mookieblalock
    mookieblalock Posts: 3,570
    Solat13 wrote:
    Ok - that explains things better. The main lots were full of people tail gating and having a good time with the cops being across the street and not caring. The aquarium lots are technically family lots and walking with an open container on the streets is illegal pretty much anywhere except New Orleans.

    And of course Las Vegas
  • jimbee
    jimbee Posts: 81
    sorry, but i can unequivocally say i would not have attended that court date and treated it like a parking ticket..it's camden for crying out loud...like they were going to extradite you? sorry...just my .02......
    * Friends don't let friends use MP3 *
  • panthergirl
    panthergirl Posts: 469
    voodoopug wrote:
    IMO, seeing as all inside venues are completely non smoking (such as MSG)...if you are dumb enough to light up at your seat, you deserve what is coming to you.

    i agree with the fact that venues are non-smoking but i have never seen someone physically removed from the venue ... there is usually a flashlight shined in your face and you stop smoking.


    as a matter of fact, the night before, there were people smoking cigarettes around me and the guards (different section) kept shining the light in my face and I DON:T even smoke... they were talking amongst themselves saying 'she's the one' ...

    sheesh.
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  • mookieblalock
    mookieblalock Posts: 3,570
    jimbee wrote:
    sorry, but i can unequivocally say i would not have attended that court date and treated it like a parking ticket..it's camden for crying out loud...like they were going to extradite you? sorry...just my .02......

    Until one day when you get pulled over for speeding, not wearing a seatbelt, talking on your cell, broken taillight, etc., they run your plates and realized that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest.

    Sounds like a brilliant idea
  • jimbee
    jimbee Posts: 81
    mookieblalock wrote:
    Until one day when you get pulled over for speeding, not wearing a seatbelt, talking on your cell, broken taillight, etc., they run your plates and realized that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest.

    Sounds like a brilliant idea

    well...i can count on one hand the time i've spent in jersey in my lifetime, so i'll roll the dice....
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  • mookieblalock
    mookieblalock Posts: 3,570
    jimbee wrote:
    well...i can count on one hand the time i've spent in jersey in my lifetime, so i'll roll the dice....


    You could be driving in Nebraska, Florida, or Idaho it will still come up as an outstanding warrant.
  • pjroo3
    pjroo3 Posts: 61
    Does anyone know why they were allowed to change everyone's ticket from "drinking in public" to "inapropriate behavior". I would say 100% of the people at the courthouse anticipated paying the $78 fine that was posted right on the ticket. Everyone of us had to pay $500 plus court fees instead.

    It was hundreds and hundreds of people too.
  • jimbee
    jimbee Posts: 81
    pjroo3 wrote:
    Does anyone know why they were allowed to change everyone's ticket from "drinking in public" to "inapropriate behavior". I would say 100% of the people at the courthouse anticipated paying the $78 fine that was posted right on the ticket. Everyone of us had to pay $500 plus court fees instead.

    It was hundreds and hundreds of people too.


    the irony is...they only have to look as far as the last governor to define inappropriate behavior ...lol...sounds like a complete railroading of your rights...did you have to pay immediately?
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  • Boomer
    Boomer Posts: 50
    appeal.
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  • pjroo3
    pjroo3 Posts: 61
    jimbee wrote:
    the irony is...they only have to look as far as the last governor to define inappropriate behavior ...lol...sounds like a complete railroading of your rights...did you have to pay immediately?

    I got to pay $100 today and I'm on a payment plan for the balance. I have to pay $50 a month for the next 9 months.

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