Major Mansfield Tailgaiting issues

Kosuke Fukudome wrote:

Show me the line in the constitution where it doesn't say that.


Oh right, there is nothing in the constitution about tailgating and drinking beer.


You must be a history major.

That makes no sense. Do you even realize how the constitution works? That parking lot is a private institution. They could do whatever they want concerning alcohol consumption. And obviously, they don't want you doing it there.

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves

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Kosuke Fukudome wrote:

Show me the line in the constitution where it doesn't say that.


Oh right, there is nothing in the constitution about tailgating and drinking beer.


You must be a history major.

ManOfTheHour wrote:

Then explain the big sign at the entrance which stated it was legal with proper ID. The sign said "possess", not purchase.

I don't know the specificity of the situation regarding the venue's policies nor the state of Massachusetts laws regarding tailgating, but it is certainly within their right to disallow it for whatever circumstance. People in this topic think its their right as a US citizen to be able to tailgate, when that's just not the case. It is certainly within the venues, states, city's, whatever was in charge's boundaries to restrict it.

over_bends wrote:

Truth be told, this sounds great. From my experience, the guys who have been drinking all day are the ones who ruin the actual show for everyone else. If it means that someone didn't get pissed on during the show, then I'm all for this. I realize that this doesn't stop drunkedness at shows or obnoxious behavior, but it is atleast some sort of action to prevent it. If you guys want to drink, why do you need to do it at the event parking lot 7 hours before the show starts? I never understood the tailgating culture.

Agreed; I don't like that much control, but the tailgaiters have been the pricks and drunk idiots so far on this tour.

Still don't buy the cops took tickets. Sounds like a fairy tale there.

J-P wrote:

The venue doesn't profit from fans drinking outside in their lots when they could make us buy $9 drinks inside. After awhile, most ampitheaters will probably start cracking down and hope to make more money inside the venue. It's a shame for fans who love that experience but it seems to be the path for the future.

I heard Tom Petty created a lot of problems for the venue and tailgating. Plus DMB played 2 shows last week which might have also had a lot of drinking issues.

Live Nation, which owns the Tweeter Center, also owns the PNC Bank Arts Center in New Jersey which had a variety of tailgating issues last summer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PNC%20Bank%20Arts%20Center

Maybe Live Nation is just taking steps to stop the problems by cracking down. I guess they've already banned tailgating for shows with younger audiences (Fall Out Boy, etc)

I'm not sure its a Live Nation issue, the Mansfield police basically implied that it was a Mansfield Town issue. I could be wrong but last night they were being real hard asses for a few hours and then i didnt see a cop for the last 3 hours. But earlier there were undercover cops, venue security and police all making the rounds, and contrary to what the earlier poster believes, they WERE taking peoples tickets, they WERE arresting people, and they WERE takin peoples beers away. With that said, just be smart about it. Dont mouth off to the cops and dont flaunt it and you will be fine.

And jeez, im sick of some people being "glad" that you cant drink before a show. Is it so wrong that i have a few beers on a beautiful Saturday afternoon while cooking out and hanging with friends before seeing my favorite band? I think not. Maybe next time i will come alone, with no beers and no fun so i can "focus" on the huge task at hand of watching a concert. Give me a break. There is a reason why they sell beer at shows, because there is a demand for it. I had at least a dozen beers in the parking lot and miraculously wasnt obnoxious, nor did i leave my row for either a beer or a bathroom break. However, the kid and his gf next to me who groped each other all night wasnt that cool.

They are bad there. I usually bring extra cups because people always go there not knowing they are tough. I just copied this from the venues policy page;

"Any patron who passes alcohol to another patron who is unable to provide an acceptable form of identification as listed above may be subject to eviction.
We will not serve more than two alcoholic beverages to a patron at one time and we reserve the right to limit service to one drink per patron.
Our alcohol service will end at least one hour prior to the scheduled end of an event. We reserve the right to limit service to one drink per patron.
We will not serve any patron whom we believe to be intoxicated.
Alcoholic beverages may not be taken into or removed from these premises. Any patron in the possession of alcoholic beverages not obtained on the premises will be subject to eviction."

There used to be a sign indicating NO alcohol at the front of the parking lot, but I go there so often I don't look for it.

Not everybody got harrassed. We played it fairly low-key, used Solo cups, kept the cooler in the car, and put the beers down when the cops rolled by. It turned out to be no big deal. But we did see some people get busted.